Macrosiphum albifrons

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| genus = Macrosiphum

| species = albifrons

| authority = Essig

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Macrosiphum albifrons, the lupin aphid, is a species of large grey/ green aphid in the family Aphididae.

It is a species native to North America but was first reported in the UK in 1981 where it now occurs widely.{{cite web|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=653|title=Lupin aphid|publisher= Royal Horticultural Society|access-date= 9 June 2019}}

Infestations cause lupin plants to wilt and collapse. This may be because the aphid has no natural predators in the UK and populations can grow unchecked.

References

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{{Cite web| title=Macrosiphum albifrons Overview

| url=http://eol.org/pages/3689852/overview

| website=Encyclopedia of Life

| access-date=2018-04-05

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{{Cite web| title=Macrosiphum albifrons species details

| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/3a9c6bc8fd0adae44da428eaad803d34

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2018-04-05

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{{Cite web| title=Macrosiphum albifrons

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2077734

| website=GBIF

| access-date=2018-04-05

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{{Cite web| title=Macrosiphum albifrons Species Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/357066

| website=BugGuide.net

| access-date=2018-04-05

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H. Jr.

| date = 2000

| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DKzAmSDdLtsC

| publisher = CRC Press

| edition = 2nd

| isbn = 0-8493-0212-9

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  • {{Cite journal

| last1 = Foottit | first1 = R.G.

| last2 = Halbert | first2 = S.E.

| last3 = Miller | first3 = G.L.

| last4 = Maw | first4 = E.

| last5 = Russell | first5 = L.M.

| display-authors = 4

| date = 2006

| title = Adventive aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) of America north of Mexico

| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43260623

| journal = Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash.

| volume = 108

| pages = 583–610

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  • {{Cite journal

| last1 = Skvarla | first1 = Michael J.

| last2 = Halbert | first2 = Susan E.

| last3 = Foottit | first3 = Robert G.

| last4 = Jensen | first4 = Andrew S.

| last5 = Maw | first5 = Eric

| last6 = Miller | first6 = Gary L.

| display-authors = 4

| date = 2017

| title = An Update to the Adventive Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) of America North of Mexico, with Notes on Intercepted Species

| journal = Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

| volume = 119

| pages = 90–111

| doi = 10.4289/0013-8797.119.1.90

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