Identification file

Macrosiphum rosae (Linneaus, 1758)

2.2-3.6 mm

Apterous medium-sized to large, green or pink with reddish brown, tegument glossy
Antennae long, black  (1) with hairs  and numerous rhinaria on segment III
Frons  hollow with margins divergent (2)
Cornicles long, straight, black (3), reticulated at tip and slightly arcuate outwards
Cauda long and light-coloured (4)
Articulations of legs black (5)

Alate: green or pink with marginal sclerites dark to black
Antennae long, black (6) with hairs and numerous rhinaria on segment III, processus terminalis long
Frons  hollow with margins divergent (2)
Abdomen with large marginal sclerite (7),  black crescent-shaped sclerite shown above cornicle (8) and  uneven contour below (9)
Cornicles long, straight, black (10), reticulated at tip
Cauda long and light (11)
Articulations of legs black (12)

Species file