Cinara cupressi
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Cinara cupressi is an brown-ish soft-bodied aphid
. It sucks sap out of giant conifers, and can cause damage to the tree, ranging from discoloring of the affected twig to the death of the tree. It is an invasive species
and is in the world's 100 most invasive species along with being invasive in Africa
and Europe
.
Aphid
Aphids, also known as plant lice and in Britain and the Commonwealth as greenflies, blackflies or whiteflies, are small sap sucking insects, and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Aphids are among the most destructive insect pests on cultivated plants in temperate regions...
. It sucks sap out of giant conifers, and can cause damage to the tree, ranging from discoloring of the affected twig to the death of the tree. It is an invasive species
Invasive species
"Invasive species", or invasive exotics, is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions....
and is in the world's 100 most invasive species along with being invasive in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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