Identification file

Identification file

Myzus varians Davidson, 1912

1.7-2.3 mm

Apterous: light green
Frons with frontal tubercles prominent and convergent
Antennae same length of body, darker brown on articular sutures (1)
Cornicles straight, light-colored much darker brown to black on distal half (2), ending in a dark flange
Cauda digitate (3)

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Alate: very dark
Frons with frontal tubercles prominent and convergent
Antennae same length as body (4), pigmented, rhinaria aligned on III, none on IV
Abdomen with a large dorsal patch, roughly square, with several small light “windows” (5)
Cornicles long and black, narrowing slightly at tip (6)
Cauda digitate (7)
Patellae and tarsi dark (8)

Species file

Modification date : 07 February 2023 | Publication date : 28 May 2015 | Redactor : Evelyne Turpeau, Maurice Hullé, Bernard Chaubet