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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Eulachnus agilis
(Kaltenbach, 1843)
Fig. 82
Diagnosis
Apterae
1.5–2.2 mm
, elongate, green, thinly wax-powdered, with numerous dark green or brown hair-bearing sclerites. Dorsal hairs 1.5–2 times as long as the diameter of their sclerite. Holocyclic,
monoecious on
Pinus
. Scattered on needles, rarely on twigs.
E. agilis
seems to prefer older trees and needles injured by
Schizolachnus
species. Not ant-attended.
Recorded hosts
Pinaceae
:
Pinus banksiana
*
,
cembra
,
mugo
*
,
nigra
,
sibirica
,
sylvestris
*, spp.
Distribution
D F N S.