Species Pineus strobi - Pine Bark Adelgid

Classification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References

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 Phylloxeroidea

Family Adelgidae

Genus Pineus

Species strobi (Pine Bark Adelgid)

Range

Originally in the geographic area of the Eastern white pine. Now widely distributed in the US.

Food

Sap from several species of pine. Found mostly on bark.

Remarks

It has been carried by the horticultural industry to areas beyond its geographic origin and it has become a pest of several species of pine.

Internet References

Bugwoodwiki

Virginia Cooperative Extension

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 22 January, 2011 - 11:24pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 7 January, 2013 - 11:06am

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