Scientific Name | Myzus persicae | ||||
Common Name | peach-potato aphid; Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae; | ||||
Taxonomy ID | 13164 | ||||
Lineage | cellular organisms > Eukaryota > Opisthokonta > Metazoa > Eumetazoa > Bilateria > Protostomia > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Arthropoda > Mandibulata > Pancrustacea > Hexapoda > Insecta > Dicondylia > Pterygota > Neoptera > Paraneoptera > Hemiptera > Sternorrhyncha > Aphidiformes > Aphidomorpha > Aphidoidea > Aphididae > Aphidinae > Macrosiphini > Myzus | ||||
External Links | NCBI; | ||||
Representative Assembly | MPER_G0061.0 | GCF_001856785.1 | DNA GFF |
Myzus persicae, also known as the green peach aphid, is a species of aphid found worldwide and a significant pest of peach trees. The genome is being sequenced and analyzed in comparison to the genome of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum.