Anoecia corni

Anoecia corni, the dogwood aphid, is a species of aphid in the subfamily Anoeciinae. The species has been recorded as a pest of millets.^[1] It is native to Europe but has been introduced to North America.^[2] The fundatrices typically lay their eggs on dogwood trees, and the alate aphids fly onto grasses during the summer, where they are tended to by ants.^[3]

Anoecia corni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Aphididae
Genus:	Anoecia
Species:	A. corni
Binomial name
Anoecia corni (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Aphis corni