Macrosiphoniella leucanthemi (Ferrari, 1872)

longhorn oxeye-daisy aphid

on Leucanthemum

Macrosiphoniella leucanthemi on Leucanthemum vulgare

Leucanthemum vulgare, Great Britain, Cambridgeshire, Stretham, 11.vii.2024 © Ian Barton

Macrosiphoniella leucanthemi on Leucanthemum vulgare

8.ix.2025: alate

Macrosiphoniella leucanthemi on Leucanthemum vulgare

aptera

parasite

Apterae 2-3 mm, yellowish green, with a darker green or reddish brown band between the siphunculi; appendages with contrasting pale and dark sections. At the undersides of the leaves.

host plants

Asteraceae, monophagous

Leucanthemum vulgare.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2023).

references

Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2023). Influential Points (2026), Stoetzel & Miller (1999a).