Identification file

Identification file

Aphis craccivora Koch, 1854

1,4-3,1 mm

Apterous: colony dull greyish or greenish with apterous adults glossy black
Frons flat or slightly sinuate (1)
Antennae shorter than length of body (2), pale with ends dark
Abdomen: covered with large sclerotized black patch, glossy (3)
Cornicles straight and black, slightly conical (4)
Cauda digitate, black (5)
Legs: tibia and femur pale with ends dark

Aphis craccivora : fiche d'identification
Aphis craccivora © Encyclop'Aphid

Alate: dark
Frons flat or slightly sinuate
Antennae shorter than length of body, presence of 3-8 rhinaria aligned on III, never on IV
Abdomen: with pigmentation variable. Marginal sclerites present (6) and broad stripes show between cornicles, sometimes fused into a patch with shredded aspect towards anterior (7)
Cornicles straight, black, slightly conical
Cauda digitate, black (5)

Species file

Modification date: 07 February 2023 | Publication date: 31 July 2014 | By: Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet