Suction trap reveals 60 wheat aphid species, including Russian wheat aphid
Keith S. Pike
David Allison
Leslie Boydston
Calvin O. Qualset
Herbert E. Vogt
Charles G. Summers
California Agriculture 43(6):22-24. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v043n06p22.
Effective aphid pest management strategies depend on a knowledge of the economically important species present in an area and their flight behavior. A suction trap at UC Davis collected 60 aphid species, most of which are economically important. The trap detected the first specimens of the Russian wheat aphid found in northern California.