Acyrthosiphon malvae (Mosley, 1841)
(Pelargonium Aphid)

Interactions where Acyrthosiphon malvae is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
sucks sap of live petiole Foreign Pelargonium x hybridum cultivated geraniums Geraniales: Geraniaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvaepelargonium aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Pelargonium x hybridum/Pelargonium x hybridumcultivated geraniumslivepetiole
sucks sap of live stem (young) Foreign Pelargonium x hybridum cultivated geraniums Geraniales: Geraniaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvaepelargonium aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Pelargonium x hybridum/Pelargonium x hybridumcultivated geraniumslivestem (young)
(hypophyllous) hypophyllous sucks sap of live leaf Foreign Pelargonium x hybridum cultivated geraniums Geraniales: Geraniaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvae/Acyrthosiphon (Acyrthosiphon) malvaepelargonium aphidhypophyllous Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Pelargonium x hybridum/Pelargonium x hybridumcultivated geraniumsliveleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.

Acyrthosiphon malvae (Pelargonium Aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Acyrthosiphon malvae (Pelargonium Aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcyrthosiphon malvae (Pelargonium Aphid)
GenusAcyrthosiphon (a genus of aphids)
TribeMacrosiphini (a tribe of aphids)
SubfamilyAPHIDINAE (a subfamily of aphids)
FamilyAPHIDIDAE (greenfly)
SuperfamilyAPHIDOIDEA (aphids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Acyrthosiphon malvae (Pelargonium Aphid)

Acyrthosiphon malvae (Pelargonium Aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Acyrthosiphon malvae (Pelargonium Aphid):

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