Speckled Alder Aphid

Pterocallis (Pterocallis) alnifoliae (Fitch 1851)

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Pterocallis alnifoliae (Speckled Alder Aphid) is a species of plant lice in the family aphids. They are diurnal.

URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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EOL has data for 10 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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behavioral circadian rhythm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001502
- Definition: Any measurable or observable behavioral characteristic related to a daily biological activity cycle.
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diurnal
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
- Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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hemimetabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/hemimetabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis, resulting in a gradual change in body form with each molt, without a pupal stage.
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feeding structure
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/FeedingStructure
- Definition: The morphological structure of body parts used to ingest food.
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piercing-sucking mouthparts
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/piercingSucking
- Definition: Mouthparts modified into long or short, sclerotized piercing devices that are used to penetrate the host/prey/substrate to gain access to food, and liquids are transported through the food canal with the aid of a pressure gradient created by a sucking pump.
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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herbivore
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099
- Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material
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wing morphology
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/WingMorphology
- Definition: Qualities pertaining to the size, shape or structure of the wing.
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macropterous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/macropterous
- Definition: The presence of fully functional wings.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Speckled Alder Aphid. View this species on GBIF

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