Pterocomma italicum Barbagallo & Stroyan, 1978
on Salix
parasite
Apterae 2-3 mm, very dark brown with a fine median line of whitish wax and two transverse lines on the abdomen; the siphunculi are orange-yellow. A species of the southern Alps.
hostplants
Salicaceae, narrowly monophagous
Salix purpurea.
references
Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Blackman & Eastop (2017).