Sipha flava

Sipha flava is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae.[2] It is native to North America. Its common name is yellow sugarcane aphid.[3]

Sipha flava
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Aphididae
Genus:	Sipha
Species:	S. flava
Binomial name
Sipha flava (Forbes, S.A., 1885)[1]
Synonyms
Chaitophorus flavus Forbes, S.A., 1885 Sipha carrerai Blanchard, Everard Eel, 1939

This aphid is an agricultural pest of corn, rice, sorghum, and sugarcane. It also infests lawn and pasture grasses. It has been noted on crabgrasses, barleys, panic grasses, paspalums, pennisetums, and wheats. It can also be found on some sedges.[3]

References

1. The first published description of the species was in 1885 in Forbes, Stephen A. (1885). "The Yellow Sorghum Plant Louse". 14th Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois. Springfield, Illinois: State of Illinois (H. W. Rokker, State Printer). p. 70., but an error in date occurred in Remaudière, Georges & Remaudière, Marc (1997). Catalogue des Aphididae du monde (Homoptera Aphidoidea) (Catalogue of the World's Aphididae (Homoptera Aphidoidea)). Paris: Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA). p. 160. ISBN 978-2-7380-0714-8..
2. Sipha flava. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
3. Nuessly, G. S. Yellow Sugarcane Aphid, Sipha flava (Forbes) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae). EENY-354 (IN635). Entomology and Nematology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service. University of Florida IFAS. 2005.