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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Phylloxeroidea » Adelgidae

Family Adelgidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Spruce Gall Adelgid - Adelges abietis Fuzz Hemlock adelgid from Tennessee - Adelges tsugae Sternorrhyncha 7-24-10 03a - Adelges abietis Small Insect Adelges abietis? - Adelges abietis Adelges tsugae - female Fir galls - Adelges
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
now treated in a superfamily of its own, Adelgoidea
Explanation of Names
Adelgidae Schouteden 1909
Numbers
22 spp. in 2 genera in our area • 74 spp. in 5 genera total(1)
Food
hosts: conifers; adelgids feed on needles, twigs, or galls they form
Life Cycle
Multigenerational life cycles. Most species alternate their coniferous hosts
Remarks
Some of the most destructive introduced pests belong to this group
Print References
Havill N.P., Foottit R.G. (2007) Biology and evolution of Adelgidae. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 52: 325‒349 (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Life
Contributed by tom murray on 26 April, 2006 - 7:44pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 17 November, 2023 - 6:40pm

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