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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Pineus (Pineus) pini
(Macquart, 1819)
Figs 72–75
Diagnosis
Apterae
0.8–1.1 mm
, broadly drop-shaped in outline, dark red-brown, embedded in dense, fine wax wool. Wax glands on anterior part of cephaloprothoracic shield (between the eyes) mainly comprising groups of 2–10 facets that are loosely grouped, round in outline. Alatae 1.0–
1.2 mm
, reddish black with woolly wax.
P. pini
prefers open habitats: pine forests, forest clearings and margins, meadows, roadsides etc. Anholocyclic on
Pinus
. One overwintering generation on thin trunks or twigs and two or more overlapping generations on young shoots. See also
P. orientalis
below.
Recorded hosts
Pinaceae
:
Pinus banksiana
,
mugo
*
,
nigra
,
pinaster
?,
ponderosa
,
rigida
,
sylvestris
*
.
Distribution
D F I N S.