Identification file

Identification file

Myzus (Myzus) ornatus Laing, 1932

1-2 mm

Apterous yellowish
Frontal tubercles prominent (1)
Antennae equal to half length of body; with processus terminalis short, about equal to two  times base of VI (2)
Abdomen shows pigmented spots (inter-segmental sclerites) (3)
Cornicles pale and straight, doted with a small flange (4)
Cauda triangular, broad (5)

Myzus ornatus : fiche d'identification

Myzus ornatus © Encyclop'Aphid

Alate yellowish
Frontal tubercles prominent  (6)
Antennae hardly reaching beyond half length of body; with a processus terminalis short, about equal to two times base of VI (7)
Abdomen with dorsal patch roughly square (8) may be interrupted
Cornicles straight with uniform pigmentation (9)
Cauda triangular (10)

Species file

Modification date : 07 February 2023 | Publication date : 26 March 2015 | Redactor : Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet