Metopeurum fuscoviride Stroyan, 1950

pink tansy aphid

on Tanacetum

Metopeurum fuscoviride: aptera on Tanacetum vulgare

Tanacetum vulgare, England © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

Metopeurum fuscoviride on Tanacetum vulgare

Tanacetum vulgare, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 19.vi.2019 © László Érsek

Metopeurum fuscoviride on Tanacetum vulgare:

detail

Metopeurum fuscoviride: alate

alate

Metopeurum fuscoviride: alate

immature and adult alatae

Metopeurum fuscoviride: immature alate

immature alate

Metopeurum fuscoviride: rostrum

rostrum

Metopeurum fuscoviride: parasitised immature alate

immature alate with parasitic mote (Trombidiidae?)

gall

sometimes a bit of curling of the younger leaves. The aphids are visited by ants.

host plants

Asteraceae, ± monophagous

Tanacetum corymbosum, vulgare.

Occasionally observed on Achillea erba-rotta, millefolium; Artemisia alba; Leucanthemum vulgare; Tripleurospermum inodorum.

references

Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Buga & Stekolshchikov (2012a), Buhr (1965a), Danielsson (1974a), Heie (1995a), Lampel & Meier (2007a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Petrović (1998a), Tambs-Lyche (1968a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).