Aphid key

Identification for frequent aphids on Chenopodiaceae

Identification based on morphological criteria, click on the name to access identification file

Apterous matt, dark olive green,   colony includes future alates (nymphs) showing waxy white stripes; cornicles straight, black; cauda digitate and squat; alate with a great number of small rhinaria on segment III, a few on IV; abdomen shows stripes, pigmented with contour irregular
Aphis fabae

 

 

Apterous with another colour, cornicles slightly to strongly swollen 

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Apterous green to yellowish, colony includes pinkish individuals which are future alates (nymphs); cornicles slightly swollen on inner side; alate with dorsal patch jagged and perforated; alate and apterous with frontal tubercles prominent and convergent
 Myzus persicae

Apterous dirty yellow to ochre, thorax with pigmented stripes; cornicles very swollen; alate with a large dorsal patch; cornicles very swollen
 Rhopalosiphoninus staphyleae

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Modification date : 07 February 2023 | Publication date : 29 January 2015 | Redactor : Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet