- only ulicis is densely covered in wide greyish hairs and has the plain grey look. It is common everywhere on gorse.
- Exapion fuscirostre is dark with a pale stripe on each shoulder, and is frequent on broom.
- The other two are rare:
- genistae has a wide stripe down the whole length of each wing-case;
- difficile is sparsely hairy and looks all dark but has red-brown legs (including femurs).
For more help with the Apionidae check out Mark Gurney's amazing resource on this group
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