Metopeurum fuscoviride Stroyan, 1950
pink tansy aphid
on Tanacetum
Tanacetum vulgare, England © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
Tanacetum vulgare, Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, 19.vi.2019 © László Érsek
detail
alate
immature and adult alatae
immature alate
rostrum
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), Schmitz (1998a), Tambs-Lyche (1968a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).