Idiopterus nephrelepidis explained

Idiopterus nephrelepidis, commonly known as the black fern aphid, is a species of aphid insect that feeds on various species of fern. It is the type species of the genus Idiopterus.^[1]

Likely to have originated in the neotropics, it has spread right across Europe, though is only found indoors in Central and Northern Europe,^[1] New Zealand,^[2] and North America.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Heie, Ole E. . The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. V, Family Aphididae, Part 2 of Tribe Macrosiphini of Subfamily Aphidinae . 83 . BRILL. 1993 . 9004098992 .
2. Web site: Black fern aphid - Idiopterus nephrelepidis. 11 February 2018 . 2017 . N. A. . Martin .
3. 98. 12 . 1966 . 1252–59 . Review of the Fern Aphids in North America With Descriptions of a New Species and a New Genus . A. G. . Robinson . The Canadian Entomologist . 10.4039/Ent981252-12.