woolly hawthorn aphid
Eriosoma crataegi (Oestlund, 1887)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eriosoma crataegi (Oestlund, 1887)
- Name authority
- (Oestlund, 1887)
- Common name
- woolly hawthorn aphid
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Aphididae
- Genus
- Eriosoma
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderSternorrhyncha Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
- infraorderAphidomorpha Heslop-Harrison, 1952
- superfamilyAphidoidea Latreille, 1802
- familyAphididae Latreille, 1802
- subfamilyEriosomatinae Kirkaldy, 1905
- genusEriosoma Leach, 1818
- speciesEriosoma crataegi (Oestlund, 1887)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eriosoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eriosoma lanuginosum (Hartig, 1839) | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eriosoma lishanense Akimoto, 1983 | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eriosoma maxsoni (Boudreaux, 1949) | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eriosoma meunieri (Heie, 1969) | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Eriosoma moriokense Akimoto, 1983 | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eriosoma nigrum Akimoto, 1983 | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eriosoma patchiae (Börner & Blunk, 1916) | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eriosoma phaenax | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eriosoma sorbiradicis Danielsson, 1979 | AphididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Schizoneura crataegi Oestlund, 1887 Oestlund, 1887 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Oestlund, O.W. (1887) Synopsis of the Aphididae of Minnesota. Bulletin of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, 4, 100 pp. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3B6BC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.