Idiopterus nephrelepidis

Idiopterus nephrelepidis, commonly known as the black fern aphid, is a species of aphid insect that feeds on various species of fern. It is the type species of the genus Idiopterus.^[1]

Idiopterus nephrelepidis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Aphididae
Genus:	Idiopterus
Species:	I. nephrelepidis
Binomial name
Idiopterus nephrelepidis Davis, 1909

Likely to have originated in the neotropics, it has spread across Europe, though it is only found indoors in Central and Northern Europe,^[1] New Zealand,^[2] and North America.^[3]