Identification file

Identification file

Pterocomma salicis (Linné,1758)

3.2-4.5 mm
Apterous: dark with whitish wax spots (1)
Frons flat (2)
Antennae shorter than half length of body, processus terminalis short, equal to length of base (3)
Abdomen with marginal sclerites and marginal  tubercles well developed  (4)
Cornicles glossy red or orange, short and swollen (5)
Cauda short, rounded (6)

Pterocomma salicis : fiche d'identification
Pterocomma salicis © Encyclop'Aphid

Alate: similar to apterous
Antennae shorter than length of body, processus terminalis short, equal to length of base
Abdomen dark
Wings with veins broad and dark (7)
Cornicles glossy red or orange, short and swollen (8)
Cauda short, rounded

Species file

Modification date: 07 February 2023 | Publication date: 18 May 2017 | By: Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet