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).