Capitophorus Explained

Capitophorus is a genus of aphids in the family Aphididae. There are more than 30 described species in Capitophorus.

Species

These 32 species belong to the genus Capitophorus:

• Capitophorus archangelskii Nevsky, 1928
• Capitophorus bulgaricus Tashev, 1964
• Capitophorus carduinus (Walker, 1850)
• Capitophorus cirsiiphagus Takahashi, 1961
• Capitophorus elaeagni (Del Guercio, 1894) (artichoke aphid)
• Capitophorus eniwanus Miyazaki, 1971
• Capitophorus essigi Hille Ris Lambers, 1953
• Capitophorus evelaeagni Zhang, 1980
• Capitophorus formosartemisiae (Takahashi, 1921)
• Capitophorus gnathalifoliae Shinji, 1924
• Capitophorus himachali Chakrabarti & Maity, 1980
• Capitophorus himalayensis Ghosh, Ghosh & Raychaudhuri, 1971
• Capitophorus hippophaes (Walker, 1852) (polygonum aphid)
• Capitophorus horni Börner, 1931
• Capitophorus hudsonicus Robinson, 1979
• Capitophorus inulae (Passerini, 1860)
• Capitophorus jopepperi Corpuz-Raros & Cook, 1974
• Capitophorus litanensis
• Capitophorus meghalayensis Basu & Raychaudhuri, 1976
• Capitophorus mitegoni Eastop, 1956
• Capitophorus montanus Takahashi, 1921
• Capitophorus pakansus Hottes & Frison, 1931
• Capitophorus prunifoliae Shinji, 1924
• Capitophorus rhamnoides Zhang, Chen, Zhong & Li, 1999
• Capitophorus rostratus
• Capitophorus shepherdiae Gillette & Bragg, 1916
• Capitophorus similis van der Goot, 1915
• Capitophorus takahashii Strand, 1925
• Capitophorus theobaldi
• Capitophorus tricholepidis Chakrabarti, 1976
• Capitophorus wojciechowskii Wieczorek & Kanturski, 2015
• Capitophorus xanthii (Oestlund, 1886)

Further reading

• Book: Diseases and pests of ornamental plants. 1978. Pirone. P. P.. Wiley. 9780471072492. registration.
• Adventive aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of America north of Mexico. 2006. Foottit . R. G.. Halbert . S. E.. Miller . G. L.. Maw . E.. Russell . L. M.. 4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 108. 3. 583–610. 0013-8797.
• An Update to the Adventive Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) of America North of Mexico, with Notes on Intercepted Species. 2017. Skvarla . Michael J.. Halbert . Susan E.. Foottit . Robert G.. Jensen . Andrew S.. Maw . Eric. Miller . Gary L.. 4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119. 1. 90–111. 10.4289/0013-8797.119.1.90.