Eriosoma lanigerum

Woolly apple aphid
	Woolly aphids on an apple tree branch.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Aphididae
Genus:	Eriosoma
Species:	E. lanigerum
Binomial name
	Eriosoma lanigerum; (Hausmann, 1802)
Synonyms
	Aphis lanigera (Hausmann, 1802); Aphis lanigerum Hausmann, 1802; Coccus mali Bingley, 1803; Eriosoma lanata (Salisbury, 1816); Eriosoma mali Leach, 1818; Mimaphidus lanata (Salisbury, 1816); Mimaphidus lanigerum (Hausmann, 1802); Mimaphidus mali (Leach, 1818); Myzoxyles lanigerum (Hausmann, 1802); Myzoxyles mali (Leach, 1918); Myzoxylos lanata (Salisbury, 1816); Myzoxylus laniger; Myzoxylus lanigerus (Hausmann, 1802); Myzoxylus mali Blot, 1831; Schizoneura lanigera Gillette, 1908;

Eriosoma lanigerum, the woolly apple aphid, woolly aphid or American blight, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.