Identification file

Euceraphis punctipennis (Zetterstedt, 1828)

3.0-4.8 mm         
Large aphid, green, elongate, body placed on long legs, quite fluffy
Larva and nymph:
Antennae same length as body, light-colored and pigmented (1), processus terminalis slightly shorter than base (2)
Abdomen elongate and light-colored, sometimes fluffy (here a wing bud is shown -nymph stage (3))
Cornicles short, light-colored or pigmented (4)
Cauda knobbed (5)

Alate:
Head marked by a dark longitudinal line l (6); prothorax with two dark spots (7)
Antennae same length as body; rhinaria oval, aligned on 1st third of antenne(8), processus terminalis slightly shorter than base (9)
Abdomen elongate, light or with dark stripes which can be broad or reduced
Cornicles short, light-colored (10) or pigmented
Cauda knobbed, light or slightly pigmented
Legs long and wings narrow

Species file