Acyrthosiphon pisum

Acyrthosiphon pisum

Description

The body length of Acyrthosiphon pisum apterae ranges from 2.2 to 5.0 mm long.  They are pale green or pink with red eyes. Their antennae are 1.0 to 1.6 times as long as the body. The antennal segments, tibiae and siphunculi have dark apices. The siphunculi are tapering and very thin.

Identification difficulty

with a good image and where the host plant is known.

Habitat

Feeds on about 20 genera in the family Fabaceae but especially on Medicago, Melilotus, Trifolium, Dorycnium and Lotus.

When to see it

Summer.

Life History

See 'Habitat' section for food plants.

UK Status

Because of the lack of records it is very difficult to assess the status of this species in Britain but it is probably quite frequent.

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

All NatureSpot records