Aphid belongs to which order?

Aphid belongs to which order?

• A. Coleoptera
• B. Hemiptera
• C. Lepidoptera
• D. Hymenoptera

Answer: (B)

Aphids are true bugs that feed using piercing-sucking mouthparts to suck sap from plants. This specialized mouthpart arrangement is the hallmark of the order Hemiptera, which groups insects that feed by piercing and sucking and often exhibit incomplete metamorphosis. The other orders differ in their mouthparts and flight/wing characteristics: beetles have chewing mouthparts and hard forewings (elytra), butterflies and moths have a long coiled proboscis and scaled wings, and bees, wasps, and ants typically show different chewing or chewing-lapping mouthparts along with varying wing structures. So the aphid belongs to Hemiptera.

Aphids are true bugs that feed using piercing-sucking mouthparts to suck sap from plants. This specialized mouthpart arrangement is the hallmark of the order Hemiptera, which groups insects that feed by piercing and sucking and often exhibit incomplete metamorphosis. The other orders differ in their mouthparts and flight/wing characteristics: beetles have chewing mouthparts and hard forewings (elytra), butterflies and moths have a long coiled proboscis and scaled wings, and bees, wasps, and ants typically show different chewing or chewing-lapping mouthparts along with varying wing structures. So the aphid belongs to Hemiptera.