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) orientalis
(Dreyfus, 1889)
Fig. 76
Diagnosis
Apterae indistinguishable from
P. pini
. Gallicolae similar to apterae of
P. pini
but larger (
1.5–2.3 mm
); marginal wax gland plates smaller, their facets smaller than the largest on head; anteriorly on abdomen the plates are as far or further apart than the width of the plates; the spinal plates on abdomen fused with the other plates on their segment. Sexupara indistinguishable from the alata of
P. pini
. Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between
Picea
(see p. 7) and
Pinus
.
Scattered on twigs and shoots. Diagnosis mainly after
Heie (2004)
.
Recorded secondary hosts
Pinaceae
:
Pinus mugo
,
sylvestris
, spp.
Distribution
D F S.