Prociphilus
Prociphilus is an aphid genus of the subfamily Eriosomatinae, which cause the plants they attack to produce galls. The aphids reside and feed within the gall.
There are around 50 species in this genus.
The appearance of Prociphilus oriens is often said to presage the first snowfall in Hokkaido and Tohoku. Prociphilus oriens is commonly called yukimushi, literally translating to "snow bug", in Japan.
Species
These species belong to the genus Prociphilus:Prociphilus americanus Prociphilus aomoriensis Prociphilus aurus Zhang & Qiao, 1997Prociphilus baicalensis Prociphilus bumeliae Prociphilus carolinensis Smith, 1969Prociphilus caryae Prociphilus chaenomelisProciphilus cheni Tao, 1970Prociphilus clerodendri Okamoto & Takahashi, 1927Prociphilus cornifoliae Singh, Das & Raychaudhuri, 1977Prociphilus corrugatans Prociphilus crataegicola Shinji, 1922Prociphilus crataegistrobi Prociphilus dilonicerae Zhang, 1981Prociphilus emeiensis Zhang, 1997Prociphilus erigeronensis Prociphilus formosanus Takahashi, 1935Prociphilus fraxini Prociphilus fraxinifolii Prociphilus gambosae Zhang & Zhang, 1993Prociphilus ghanii Hille Ris Lambers, 1973Prociphilus himalayaensis Chakrabarti, 1976Prociphilus konoi Hori, 1938Prociphilus kuwanai Monzen, 1927Prociphilus laricis Shinji, 1941Prociphilus ligustrifoliae Prociphilus longianus Smith, 1974Prociphilus lonicerae Shinji, 1943Prociphilus mexicanus Remaudière & Muñoz Viveros, 1985Prociphilus micheliae Hille Ris Lambers, 1933Prociphilus oleae Prociphilus oriens Mordvilko, 1935Prociphilus osmanthae Essig & Kuwana, 1918Prociphilus pergandei Smith, 1974Prociphilus piceaerubensis Prociphilus pini Prociphilus piniradicivorus Smith, 1969Prociphilus probosceus Sanborn, 1904Prociphilus sasakii Monzen, 1927Prociphilus take Prociphilus taukogiProciphilus taxus Prociphilus tessellatus Prociphilus trinus Zhang, 1997Prociphilus umaroviProciphilus ushikoroshi Shinji, 1924Prociphilus vesicalis- ''Prociphilus xylostei''