Megourella purpurea Hille Rs Lambers, 1949

spotted vetch aphid

on Lathyrus

Megourella purpurea on Lathyrus pratensis

Lathyrus pratensis, Great Britain, Cambridgeshire, Stretham, 17,vi,2025 © Ian BartonL colony

aptera

parasite

Apterae 2-3 mm, dirty reddish violet, pink or greenish, with black dorsal spots; at the root collar.

host plants

Fabaceae, narrowly monophagous

Lathyrus pratensis.

references

Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2018), Heie (1995a), Heikinheimo (1997a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Müller & Horatschek (1980a), Tambs-Lyche (1968a).