Identification file

Metopolophium festucae  (Theobald, 1917)

2-3 mm

Apterous: colour uniform yellowish green to pink without darker longitudinal streak
Frons: U shaped, margins parallel with a medial tubercle
Antennae same length as body, gradually darkening from base to tip
Cornicles long, straight and light-coloured with tips slightly pigmented
Cauda digitate and light

Alate: between 2 and 3 mm, colour uniform yellowish green to pink, ornamented with pigmented transverse stripes, marginal and post-cornicular sclerites generally well developed
Frons: U shaped, margins parallel with a medial tubercle (1), often bearing white cupules on head (2)
Antennae same length as body, dark (3)
Cornicles long, straight and ochre-toned with tip slightly pigmented (4)
Cauda digitate and also ochre-toned (5)

Species file