''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

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s. The aphids reside and feed within the gall. There are around 50 species in this genus. The appearance of '' Prociphilus oriens'' is often said to presage the first snowfall in Hokkaido and Tohoku. '' Prociphilus oriens'' 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 carolinensis'' Smith, 1969 * '' Prociphilus caryae'' (Fitch, 1856) * '' Prociphilus chaenomelis'' * '' Prociphilus cheni'' Tao, 1970 * '' Prociphilus clerodendri'' Okamoto & Takahashi, 1927 * '' Prociphilus cornifoliae'' Singh, Das & Raychaudhuri, 1977 * '' Prociphilus corrugatans'' (Sirrine, 1894) * '' Prociphilus crataegicola'' 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'' Zhang & Zhang, 1993 * '' Prociphilus ghanii'' Hille Ris Lambers, 1973 * '' Prociphilus himalayaensis'' Chakrabarti, 1976 * '' Prociphilus konoi'' Hori, 1938 * '' Prociphilus kuwanai'' Monzen, 1927 * '' Prociphilus laricis'' 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'' 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

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Sternorrhyncha genera Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch Eriosomatinae {{Aphididae-stub ja:トドノネオオワタムシ