Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha)
Author
Albrecht, Anders Christian
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2017
2017-07-24
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Cinara (Cinara) curvipes
(Patch, 1912)
Fig. 53
Diagnosis
Aptera
3.4–5.5 mm
subshining black, legs orange to red-brown, tarsi and hind tibiae partly black. Juveniles and adults in summer with a thin but rather dense greyish wax cover. Siphunculi short, raised on cones. In appearance similar to
C. piceae
(see under
Picea
, entry A14, p. 14). Holocyclic and monoecious on
Abies
(and
Cedrus
). On trunk and branches. Sometimes attended by ants.
Recorded hosts
Pinaceae
:
Abies balsamea
,
concolor
,
koreana
,
lasiocarpa
, spp.;
Cedrus deodara
.
Recorded attendant ants
Formica rufa
(group?).
Distribution
Introduced from North America. Not yet in the Nordic countries, but widespread in Central and Western Europe.