Identification file

Myzus varians Davidson, 1912

1.7-2.3 mm

Apterous: light green
Frons with frontal tubercles prominent and convergent
Antennae same length of body, darker brown on articular sutures (1)
Cornicles straight, light-colored much darker brown to black on distal half (2), ending in a dark flange
Cauda digitate (3)

Alate: very dark
Frons with frontal tubercles prominent and convergent
Antennae same length as body (4), pigmented, rhinaria aligned on III, none on IV
Abdomen with a large dorsal patch, roughly square, with several small light “windows” (5)
Cornicles long and black, narrowing slightly at tip (6)
Cauda digitate (7)
Patellae and tarsi dark (8)

Species file