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Elatobium
Sign in to saveElatobium is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing five species of aphids that feed on the foliage of trees.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Aphididae
- Collections
- NMSU, NHMUK, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Turkey, Japon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Macrosiphini
- Image
- Elatobium abietinum, Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland 485848419.jpg
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Elatobium is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing five species of aphids that feed on the foliage of trees.
==Species== The genus includes five species: Elatobium abietinum which feeds on Picea in Europe and elsewhere Elatobium hidaense which feeds on Salix in Japan and Kamschatica Elatobium laricis which feeds on Larix sibirica in east Siberia Elatobium momii which feeds on Abies firma, Picea jezoensis and Taxus cuspidata in Japan Elatobium trochodendri which feeds on Trochodendron aralioides in Japan
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