{"id":1188,"date":"2016-10-02T23:34:07","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T23:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/?page_id=1188"},"modified":"2024-12-18T17:30:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T17:30:47","slug":"callipterinella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/?page_id=1188","title":{"rendered":"Callipterinella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Callipterinella<\/em> van der Goot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This page updated:&nbsp;December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a genus of three species that feed on birches (genus <em>Betula<\/em>). Two species have been introduced to North America, where I have collected them, and the third I collected during a recent trip to Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Callipterinella minutissima<\/em> (Stroyan)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This aphid is known to be adapted to live in very small and tight spaces on <em>Betula<\/em> foliage such as unfurling leaves and in catkins.&nbsp; This aphid lives on the ornamental birch in our Lakeview, Oregon property where I collected the oviparae and males in 2015, and the alate vivipara in early 2016.&nbsp; After searching for a couple years I was able find an apterous viviparae in 2017 &#8212; they are small and cryptic on the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-ex-Betula-home-13-v-2016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-ex-Betula-home-13-v-2016.jpg\" alt=\"Callipterinella minutissima alate vivipara on our birch in Lakeview in May.\" class=\"wp-image-1189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-ex-Betula-home-13-v-2016.jpg 516w, https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-ex-Betula-home-13-v-2016-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Callipterinella minutissima alate vivipara on our birch in Lakeview in May.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-Goldmohr-ovip-x-2015-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-Goldmohr-ovip-x-2015-2-1024x778.jpg\" alt=\"Callipterinella minutissima ovipara and nymphs.\" class=\"wp-image-1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-Goldmohr-ovip-x-2015-2-1024x778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-Goldmohr-ovip-x-2015-2-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-Goldmohr-ovip-x-2015-2-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-Goldmohr-ovip-x-2015-2.jpg 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Callipterinella minutissima ovipara and nymphs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-Goldmohr-male-x-2015-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-Goldmohr-male-x-2015-1.jpg\" alt=\"Callipterinella minutissima alate male.\" class=\"wp-image-1191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-Goldmohr-male-x-2015-1.jpg 654w, https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Callipterinella-minutissima-Goldmohr-male-x-2015-1-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Callipterinella minutissima alate male.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Callipterinella van der Goot This page updated:&nbsp;December 2024. This is a genus of three species that feed on birches (genus Betula). Two species have been introduced to North America, where I have collected them, and the third I collected during a recent trip to Europe. Callipterinella minutissima (Stroyan) This aphid is known to be adapted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1188","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2294,"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1188\/revisions\/2294"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aphidtrek.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}