black-calabash vs cotton aphid

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Aphis gossypii

Key Differences

• black-calabash is Least Concern while cotton aphid is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

cotton aphid

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-calabash	cotton aphid
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-calabash

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

cotton aphid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (29 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Fiji, Micronesia).

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.