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Family Adelgidae

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid - Adelges tsugae - Adelges tsugae

Sternorrhyncha 7-24-10 03a - Adelges abietis

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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