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Spruce Shoot Giant-aphid (Cinara pilicornis)
Species
Cinara pilicornis
- Spruce Shoot Giant-aphid
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder
Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily
Aphidoidea
Family
Aphididae (Aphids)
Subfamily
Lachninae (Giant Aphids)
Tribe
Eulachnini
Genus
Cinara
(Giant Conifer Aphids)
No Taxon
(Subgenus Cinara)
Species
pilicornis
(Spruce Shoot Giant-aphid)
Explanation of Names
Author: Hartig
Size
BL 2.1-4.7 mm.
Identification
Apterae are either orange-brown or greyish-green
Food
Picea
spp, also
Tsuga heterophylla
Remarks
Introduced from the Palearctic, 1912
Internet References
Aphids on world plants
Cinara pilicornis
- Spruce shoot aphid
Contributed by
Claude Pilon
on 10 January, 2011 - 12:57pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
Joshua Stuart Rose
Last updated 17 November, 2020 - 9:47am