Visual identification of frequent aphids on Rosaceae: apricot, cherry, peach, pear, apple, plum

Identification from photos, click on the name to access identification file

Below you will find the frequent aphids for the different crops of Rosaceae: apricot, cherry and peach; plum; pear and apple

The crop plants are grouped together according to the species of aphids they depend on:

apterous deep black, glossy and globular, larvae brown

Apterous, oval, pale brown to yellowish pink, abdomen with continuous black transverse stripes

elongate, pale green, covered with a farineuse pruinosity

glossy, dark brown to black, cornicles black, long and straight

yellowish to green with pinkish individuals (nymphs)

light green, antennae darkened at segmental cornicles straight and dark at tip

pale green, tarsi black, cornicles short and conical.

elongate, pale green, covered with a farinaceous prunosity

yellowish to green with pinkish individuals (nymphs)

body elongate, pale green with a dorsal longitudinal stripe, darker

light green with legs, cornicles and cauda black

globular, dark olive green or vinose pink, covered with a greyish to white powdery substance

globular, mauve-brown, covered with whitish pruinosity

crimson-brown, covered by mass of dwolly white wax

yellowish green awith longitudinal rays darker, antennae short, and dark at tip , cornicles short

Aphis pomi light green with legs, cornicles and cauda black
Dysaphis plantaginea globular, dark olive green or vinose pink, covered with a greyish to white powdery substance
Dysaphis pyri globular, mauve-brown, covered with whitish pruinosity
Eriosoma lanigerum crimson-brown, covered by mass of dwolly white wax
Rhopalosiphum insertum yellowish green awith longitudinal rays darker, antennae short, and dark at tip , cornicles short

Modification date: 14 June 2024 | Publication date: 22 April 2015 | By: Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet

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