Identification file

Identification file

Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris, 1776)

2,3 à 4,4 mm

Apterous: glossy green to yellow green or pink, without trace of dorsal pigmentation
Frons U shaped with border divergent
Antennae equal to or greater than length of body (1), dark rings at articulations (2) and ends darkened (3), processus terminalis equal to 3-6 times the base
Cornicles light, long (4) and fine: diameter smaller than that of hind-tibias
Cauda long and tapering (5), sabre shaped, turned upwards (6)

Acyrthosiphon pisum : fiche d'identification

Acyrthosiphon pisum © Encyclop'Aphid

Alate: the identification criteria are identical to the apterous form

Species file

Modification date : 07 February 2023 | Publication date : 26 March 2014 | Redactor : Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet