Identification file

Identification file

Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas, 1878)

Large-scale species (2-3.6 mm)

Apterous: green or pink, ovoid
Frons with margins clearly divergent (1)
Antennae as long as or longer than body (2), dark except base of segment III
Cornicles long, light (3) and slightly pigmented at tip, at the level of reticulation (4) (visible with a magnifying glass)
Cauda long and light-coloured (5)

Macrosiphum euphorbiae : fiche d'identification

Macrosiphum euphorbiae © Encyclop'Aphid 

Alate: green or pink
Frons with margins clearly divergent (1)
Antennae long and pigmented (2), dark except base of segment III
Cornicles long and light-coloured (3), slightly pigmented at the tip  level with the reticulation (4) (visible with magnifying glass)
Cauda long and light-coloured (5)

Species file

Modification date : 07 February 2023 | Publication date : 04 December 2013 | Redactor : Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet