Identification file

Identification file

Periphyllus testudinaceus (Fernie,1852)

2.4-3.1 mm
Apterous: blackish to brownish green with numerous long hairs
Frons flat, bristly with numerous hairs (1)
Antennae half the length of body (2)
Abdomen with numerous long hairs, dark sclerites on dorsum (3)
Cornicles short, dark at tip (4)
Cauda semi-circular (5)

Periphyllus testudinaceus : fiche d'identification

Periphyllus testudinaceus © Encyclop'Aphid

Alate: with broad dark stripes on abdomen in both dorsal and ventral positions
Frons flat, bristly with numerous hairs (6)
Antennae shorter than length of body (7)
Head and thorax dark
Abdomen with broad dark dorsal stripes (8) and marginal sclerites highly pigmented (9), Ventral side with sclerotized stripes present (10)
Cornicles short, dark, cylindrical (11)
Cauda semi-circular (12)

Species file

Modification date : 07 February 2023 | Publication date : 14 June 2017 | Redactor : Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet