Chaitophorus tremulae Koch, 1854
(a hairy aphid)

Interactions where Chaitophorus tremulae 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
colony colony is associated with leaf-spinnings LEPIDOPTERA butterflies and moths Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus tremulae/Chaitophorus tremulaea hairy aphidcolony Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lepidopterabutterflies and mothsleaf-spinnings
colony colony is associated with leaf-nest Pachypappa tremulae an aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus tremulae/Chaitophorus tremulaea hairy aphidcolony Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Pachypappa tremulae/Pachypappa tremulaean aphidleaf-nest
colony colony sucks sap of live leaf Populus tremula Aspen Malpighiales: Salicaceae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus tremulae/Chaitophorus tremulaea hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus tremula/Populus tremulaaspenliveleaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & CallaphididaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 2, Part 4(a), 130pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Chaitophorus tremulae (a hairy aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chaitophorus tremulae (a hairy aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChaitophorus tremulae (a hairy aphid)
GenusChaitophorus (a genus of hairy aphids)
SubfamilyCHAITOPHORINAE (hairy 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 Chaitophorus tremulae (a hairy aphid)

Chaitophorus tremulae (a hairy aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chaitophorus tremulae (a hairy aphid):

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