Pink Tansy Aphid - Metopeurum fuscoviride
Pink Tansy Aphid is a medium-sized pink aphid with a large blackish spot on the abdomen. The antennal tubercles are very weakly developed, so that the front of head is very shallowly concave. The siphunculi are dark and thin and 1.3 to 2 times the length of the cauda. The cauda is dusky or dark, elongate triangular with a rather narrow apex, less than 1.7 times longer than its basal width. The body length of the apterae is 2.2-2.9 mm.
The Pink Tansy Aphid feeds mainly on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) and may be encountered where the host plant occurs.
When Tansy is in leaf.
It is regularly tended by ants, most frequently by Lasius niger.
Status in Britain is difficult to determine due to lack of records, although this is believed to be the most commonly encountered aphid on Tansy.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
steven lewis
welby
29 July 2017
steven lewis
welby
29 July 2017
Peter Smith
Birstall
10 July 2018
steven lewis
welby
29 July 2017
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
Enter a town or village to see local records
MAP KEY:
Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020
UK Map
Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Aphididae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 29/07/2017 (Lewis, Steven)
- Last record:
- 11/09/2023 (Smith, Peter)
Total records by month
% of records within its species group
10km squares with records
The latest images and records displayed below include those awaiting verification checks so we cannot guarantee that every identification is correct. Once accepted, the record displays a green tick.
In the Latest Records section, click on the header to sort A-Z, and again to sort Z-A. Use the header boxes to filter the list.
Latest images
Latest records
steven lewis
welby
29 July 2017
