Summary ²

Melaphis rhois is an aphid species first identified by Asa Fitch in 1866. Known as the "Staghorn sumac aphid", it is the only species in the genus Melaphis. It is a type of wooly aphid and one of the few aphids that induce the formation of galls.:758

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1. (c) Kurt Andreas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/42227089@N00/24188822859/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaphis_rhois

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