Aplos
Genus of plantopper
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Aplos is a genus of issid planthopper with only one species, Aplos simplex.[1][2][3][4] It can be found in most of the Eastern United States and is now found as an invasive species in Northern Italy and Austria.[5] Aplos simplex was formerly listed under the genus Thionia.[6]
| Aplos | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Issidae |
| Subfamily: | Thioniinae |
| Tribe: | Thioniini |
| Subtribe: | Thioniina |
| Genus: | Aplos Gnezdilov, 2018 |
| Species: | A. simplex |
| Binomial name | |
| Aplos simplex (Germar, 1830) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thionia simplex (Germar, 1830) | |
