M. viciae

Megoura viciae Buckton, 1876

Vetch aphid

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3-4.3 mm.
Apterous: abdomen green with head, thorax, and appendages (antennae, legs, cornicles and cauda) black.
Alate: green with head and thorax black, antennae long and black, cornicles swollen and black, cauda long and black.

See identification file

Monoecious holocyclic.

Fabaceae: Vicia spp (broad bean and vetch) and Lathyrus (peavines).

M. viciae easily falls from the plant at the slightest disturbance.

M. viciae mainly colonizes the plants’ young and apical parts.
This species is not considered as a significant pest, however it can transmit the pea enation mosaic virus (PEMV).

Predators

Parasitoids

  • Aphidius megourae
  • Praon megourae
  • Ephedrus niger

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Modification date : 07 February 2023 | Publication date : 01 October 2010 | Redactor : Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet