Dusky-tailed Sunflower Aphid

Uroleucon obscuricaudatum · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Aphididae

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Dusky-tailed Sunflower Aphid
Photo: Alec McClay, CC BY

The dusky-tailed sunflower aphid is found in North America. It feeds on the plant Heliopsis helianthoides.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

It eats Heliopsis helianthoides.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 20 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, New Jersey, Illinois.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Dusky-tailed Sunflower Aphid photo 2
Photo: W Rao, CC BY
Dusky-tailed Sunflower Aphid photo 3
Photo: tzeducation, CC BY
Dusky-tailed Sunflower Aphid photo 4
Photo: tzeducation, CC BY
Dusky-tailed Sunflower Aphid photo 5
Photo: Senna Bryce Robeson, CC BY

Same family (Aphididae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uroleucon_obscuricaudatum

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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