Identification file

Identification file

Cavariella  pastinacae (Linnaeus, 1758)

1.8-2.9 mm

Apterous: green to glossy green
Frons flat or slightly sinuate
Antennae equal to half length of body, processus terminalis equal to 3-4 X length of base
Abdomen: presence of caudicle on segment 8
Cornicles swollen
Cauda broad

Cavariella pastinacae : fiche d'identification
Cavariella pastinacae © Encyclop'Aphid

Alate: green to yellowish green
Frons flat or slightly sinuate (1)
Antennae longer than half length of body, numerous deforming rhinaria present (43-59) on III (2), processus terminalis equal to 3-4 X length of base (3)
Abdomen: dorsal patch more or less pigmented (4), can be reduced to stripes, caudicle present on segment 8 (5)
Cornicles swollen and pigmented in swollen part (6)
Cauda digitate (7) pigmented

Species file

Modification date: 07 February 2023 | Publication date: 03 May 2017 | By: Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet