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).