''Prociphilus'' is an
aphid genus of the subfamily
Eriosomatinae
Woolly aphids (subfamily: Eriosomatinae) are sap-sucking insects that produce a filamentous waxy white covering which resembles cotton or wool. The adults are winged and move to new locations where they lay egg masses. The nymphs often form la ...
, which cause the plants they attack to produce
gall
Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...
s. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
[
The appearance of '']Prociphilus oriens
''Prociphilus'' is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of '' Prociphilus orie ...
'' is often said to presage the first snowfall in Hokkaido and Tohoku. ''Prociphilus oriens
''Prociphilus'' is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of '' Prociphilus orie ...
'' is commonly called , literally translating to "snow bug", in Japan.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Prociphilus'':[
* '' Prociphilus americanus'' (Walker, 1852)
* '' Prociphilus aomoriensis'' (Matsumura, 1917)
* '' Prociphilus aurus'' Zhang & Qiao, 1997
* '' Prociphilus baicalensis'' (Cholodkovsky, 1920)
* '' Prociphilus bumeliae'' (Schrank, 1801)]Prociphilus crataegicola
''Prociphilus'' is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of ''Prociphilus orien ...
'' Shinji, 1922
* '' Prociphilus crataegistrobi'' (Smith, 1969)
* '' Prociphilus dilonicerae'' Zhang, 1981
* '' Prociphilus emeiensis'' Zhang, 1997
* '' Prociphilus erigeronensis'' (Thomas, 1879)
* '' Prociphilus formosanus'' Takahashi, 1935
* '' Prociphilus fraxini'' (Fabricius, 1777)[
* '' Prociphilus fraxinifolii'' (Riley, 1879)
* '']Prociphilus gambosae
''Prociphilus'' is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of ''Prociphilus orien ...
'' Zhang & Zhang, 1993
* ''Prociphilus ghanii
''Prociphilus'' is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of ''Prociphilus orien ...
'' Hille Ris Lambers, 1973
* ''Prociphilus himalayaensis
''Prociphilus'' is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of ''Prociphilus orien ...
'' Chakrabarti, 1976
* ''Prociphilus konoi
''Prociphilus'' is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of ''Prociphilus orien ...
'' Hori, 1938
* ''Prociphilus kuwanai
''Prociphilus'' is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of ''Prociphilus orien ...
'' Monzen, 1927
* ''Prociphilus laricis
''Prociphilus'' is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of ''Prociphilus orien ...
'' Shinji, 1941
* '' Prociphilus ligustrifoliae'' (Tseng & Tao, 1938)
* '' Prociphilus longianus'' Smith, 1974
* '' Prociphilus lonicerae'' Shinji, 1943
* '' Prociphilus mexicanus'' Remaudière & Muñoz Viveros, 1985
* '' Prociphilus micheliae'' Hille Ris Lambers, 1933
* '' Prociphilus oleae'' (Leach, 1826)
* ''Prociphilus oriens
''Prociphilus'' is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of '' Prociphilus orie ...
'' Mordvilko, 1935
* '' Prociphilus osmanthae'' Essig & Kuwana, 1918
* '' Prociphilus pergandei'' Smith, 1974
* '' Prociphilus piceaerubensis'' (Smith, 1969)
* '' Prociphilus pini'' (Burmeister, 1835)
* '' Prociphilus piniradicivorus'' Smith, 1969
* '' Prociphilus probosceus'' Sanborn, 1904
* '' Prociphilus sasakii'' Monzen, 1927
* '' Prociphilus take'' (Shinji, 1922)
* '' Prociphilus taukogi''
* '' Prociphilus taxus'' (Ghosh, Chakrabarti, Chowdhuri & Raychaudhuri, 1969)
* '' Prociphilus tessellatus'' (Fitch, 1851) (woolly alder aphid)
* '' Prociphilus trinus'' Zhang, 1997
* '' Prociphilus umarovi''
* '' Prociphilus ushikoroshi'' Shinji, 1924
* '' Prociphilus vesicalis'' (Rudow, 1875)
* '' Prociphilus xylostei'' (De Geer, 1773)
In popular culture
A list of depictions of genus ''Prociphilus'' in popular culture:
* In '' Aria the Animation'', a larger-than-normal variant of the "snow bug" is depicted as living on Aqua (formerly Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...
).
References
External links
Sternorrhyncha genera
Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch
Eriosomatinae
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