EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 09 - 1995 Num. article: 1995/181

Toxoptera citricida is the correct scientific name for the brown citrus aphid


The scientific name for the brown citrus aphid should correctly be given as Toxoptera citricida (EPPO A1 quarantine pest) and not T. citricidus as currently used by EPPO.

Sources

Stoetzel, M.B. (1994) The correct spelling of the scientific name for the brown citrus aphid.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 96(1),
p 179.