Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Diagnosis

Aptera 1–2.4 mm, olive mottled with darker green. Siphuncular area and often also tip of abdomen rust-red. Juveniles paler, matt, with thin wax dusting. Siphunculus almost straight, longer than cauda, with subapical constriction and apical flange. Dioecious, alternating between Prunus and graminoids ( Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Juncaceae), rarely on other hosts, exceptionally on Equisetum . Recorded from E. sylvaticum .

Distribution

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