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
338
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journal article
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Adelges (Dreyfusia) nordmannianae
(Eckstein, 1890)
Fig. 6
Diagnosis
Fund. juv. only with spinal and marginal wax pore plates; wax pore plates on inner margins of meso- and metathoracic spinal sclerites with numerous small pits arranged in 2–4 areas of rather rounded shape. Al. gallicola:
1.1–2.3 mm
, wax glands on head and prothorax of granular appearance, without or with a few indistinct facets. Galls
7–15 mm
, terminal, globular, red when young (resembling strawberries), later greenish with red or purple at bases and tips of scales. Holocyclic and dioecious, alternating between
Picea orientalis
and
Abies
(see also p. 20).
Recorded primary hosts
Pinaceae
:
Picea orientalis
(usually),
abies
,
omorika
.
Distribution
D N S.