bird cherry-oat aphid vs black-calabash

Rhopalosiphum padi compared with Amphitecna latifolia

Key Differences

• bird cherry-oat aphid is Not Evaluated while black-calabash is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bird cherry-oat aphid	black-calabash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Aphididae	Bignoniaceae
Genus	Rhopalosiphum	Amphitecna
Species	Rhopalosiphum padi	Amphitecna latifolia

Conservation Status

bird cherry-oat aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bird cherry-oat aphid	black-calabash
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bird cherry-oat aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States).

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

bird cherry-oat aphid

The Bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) is a species in the genus Rhopalosiphum. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.