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Toxoptera citricida

Toxoptera citricida

Kirkaldy, 1907
Pulgón Café de los Cítricos

Family: Aphididae
Order: Hemiptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Toxoptera citricida (syn. Toxoptera citricidus) is a species of aphid known by the common names brown citrus aphid, black citrus aphid, and oriental citrus aphid. It is a pest of citrus and vector for the pathogenic plant virus citrus tristeza virus. The aphid spread the virus through citrus groves in Brazil and Venezuela in the 1970s, leading to the near destruction of the citrus industry there. This aphid was first discovered in Florida in 1995.

The adult aphid is shiny black and wingless (aptera) or winged (alate or alatoid), and the nymph is dark reddish brown. The aphid feeds on new buds and leaves. The virus is transmitted when the aphid introduces it into the phloem of the plant.

In most parts of the world, there is no sexual reproductive stage in the autumn as there is in other aphid species and there are no males and no eggs. All the individuals are viviparous parthenogenetic females all year round. Populations increase very rapidly when the conditions are favourable. The nymphs mature in about a week at temperatures of 20 °C or higher. It has been calculated that a single aphid could produce over 4,400 offspring in three weeks in the absence of predation by natural enemies.

Source: Wikipedia, article Toxoptera citricida. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 16/07/2026.





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Count: 7

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Photography ID: 398215
  Adult

Beccar
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/09/2020
Diego Alfonso Rosa
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Photography ID: 397295
  Adult

Beccar
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/22/2020
Diego Alfonso Rosa
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Photography ID: 365051
  Adult

Córdoba
Córdoba
Argentina
11/01/2019
Andrés G. Jacquat
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Photography ID: 319240
♂ ♀
 
El Pinar
Canelones
Uruguay
02/17/2019
Mauricio Silvera
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Photography ID: 221076
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Rafael Calzada
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/27/2017
Luis Carlos De Volder
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Photography ID: 202784
♂ ♀
 
Rafael Calzada
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/29/2015
Graciela Alcantara


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
124286409/05/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresBeccar, BeccarDiego Alfonso Rosa
124087622/04/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresBeccar, BeccarDiego Alfonso Rosa
113912201/11/2019ArgentinaCórdobaCiudad Universitaria, CórdobaAndrés G. Jacquat
89139717/02/2019UruguayCanelonesEl PinarMauricio Silvera
180831605/11/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Ecológica Vicente LópezMarcos Garberoglio
62111827/09/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresCalle Lopez de Gomara entre Altamira e Intendente Gonzalez, Rafael CalzadaLuis Carlos De Volder
57471029/05/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresRafael CalzadaGraciela Alcantara
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Toxoptera citricida – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.