Claim · model-written summary
Aphis clerodendri can now be classified as native to Australia and Australasian in natural distribution, having been known only from eastern Asia.
- Taxon
- Clerodendrum
Clerodendrumt1 - Interactor
- A. clerodendriAphis clerodendrie5pest
- Outcome
- native to Australia and Australasian in natural distributione5
Verbatim
t1“Clerodendrum (Verbenaceae) in Australia”
e5“Previously known only from eastern Asia, A. clerodendri can now be classified as native to Australia and Australasian in natural distribution”
Title
Mary Carver; Nico Blüthgen; Judy F Grimshaw; et al. Australian Journal of Entomology 2003. doi:10.1046/j.1440-6055.2003.00339.x
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Aphis clerodendri induces leaf pseudogall formation on native Clerodendrum species.
- Observation Aphis clerodendri galls on Clerodendrum are commonly attended by ants, which penetrate and may nest in them.
- Observation Aphis clerodendri is newly recorded from Australia, known from the Northern Territory, Torres Strait islands and northern Queensland and New South Wales rainforest.
- Observation Aphis clerodendri is newly recorded from Papua New Guinea and Vietnam.