Lipaphis pseudobrassicae

{{Short description|Species of true bug}}

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| taxon = Lipaphis pseudobrassicae

| authority = Davis, 1914

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Lipaphis pseudobrassicae is an aphid of the family Aphididae.{{cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/106837380|title=GBIF - Lipaphis pseudobrassicae (Davis, 1914)|publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility|accessdate=13 August 2014}} Its common name is turnip aphid.{{cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Lipaphis+pseudobrassicae|title=Lipaphis pseudobrassicae (Davis, 1914) - Turnip Aphid|publisher=Atlas of Living Australia|accessdate=13 August 2014}} The aphid can feed on multiple Brassica species, including Brassica juncea, Brassica campestris, as well as wild hosts such as Rorippa indica. Aphids from crop plants are often heavier and grow faster.{{cite journal |last1=Agarwala |first1=B.K. |last2=Das |first2=Kalpana |last3=Raychoudhury |first3=Parichita |title=Morphological, ecological and biological variations in the mustard aphid, Lipaphis pseudobrassicae (Kaltenbach) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from different host plants |journal=Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology |date=September 2009 |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=169–173 |doi=10.1016/j.aspen.2009.03.002}}