Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Linnaeus, 1761)
(Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid)

Interactions where Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae 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 leaf MAGNOLIOPSIDA flowering plants Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeaewater-lily aphid, water lily aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Magnoliopsidaflowering plantsliveleaf (summer)
sucks sap of live Prunus plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeaewater-lily aphid, water lily aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/Prunusplums, cherries and laurels, planted cherrylive (winter)
sucks sap of live Major Prunus domestica Wild Plum Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeaewater-lily aphid, water lily aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus domestica/Prunus domesticawild plumliveMajor (winter)
sucks sap of live Major Prunus spinosa Blackthorn, Sloe Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeaewater-lily aphid, water lily aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus spinosa/Prunus spinosablackthorn, sloeliveMajor (winter)
sucks sap of live flower bud Major NYMPHAEACEAE water lilies Nymphaeales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeaewater-lily aphid, water lily aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaeaceaewater liliesliveflower budMajor (summer)
(epiphyllous) epiphyllous sucks sap of live leaf Major NYMPHAEACEAE water lilies Nymphaeales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae/Rhopalosiphum nymphaeaewater-lily aphid, water lily aphidepiphyllous Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Nymphaeales/Nymphaeaceae/Nymphaeaceaewater liliesliveleafMajor (summer)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid)
GenusRhopalosiphum (a genus of aphids)
TribeAphidini (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 Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid)

Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Water-lily Aphid, Water Lily Aphid)
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