
Corn leaf aphid
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Leaf Aphid
Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch)
These
aphids are greenish-blue and about 2 mm long.
Their cornicles, legs, and antennae are black,
and they have a dark spot on the abdomen at the
base of their cornicles. They suck sap from
plants and can vector barley yellow dwarf virus.
Host plants: cereals, corn, grasses.

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