Identification file

Identification file

Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach, 1843)

1.4-2.4 mm

Apterous: yellow green to dark grey, wax plate present
Legs, antennae, cornicles and cauda brownish
Frons deeply sinuate with a medial frontal tubercle, highly prominent (1)
Antennae short (about half length of body) (2)
Cornicles sausage-shaped (3)
Cauda triangular (4)

Lipaphis erysimi : fiche identification
Lipaphis erysimi© Encyclop'Aphid 

Alate: grey-green with marginal sclerites black (5) and interrupted stripes on abdomen
Legs, antennae, cornicles and cauda brownish
Frons deeply sinuate with a medial frontal tubercle highly prominent (1)
Antennae short, shorter than length of body, rhinaria present on segments III and IV, processus terminalis equal to 2 times length of base (6)
Cornicles sausage-shaped (3)
Cauda triangular (4)
On wings, veins broad and dark (7)

Species file