Brachycaudus lucifugus Müller, 1952

short-tailed plantain aphid

on Plantago

Plantago lanceolata, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

parasite

Apterae 1-2 mm, yellowish green with shiny dark brown to black dorsum;
at the roots, sometimes the leafbases that then are covered with soil by ants.

host plants

Plantaginaceae, monophagous

Plantago lanceolata.

references

Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Heie (1992a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).