Cinara (Cinara) curvipes (Patch, 1912)

Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), European Journal of Taxonomy 338, pp. 1-160 : 22-23

Cinara (Cinara) curvipes (Patch, 1912)

Fig. 53

Diagnosis

Aptera 3.4–5.5 mm subshining black, legs orange to red-brown, tarsi and hind tibiae partly black. Juveniles and adults in summer with a thin but rather dense greyish wax cover. Siphunculi short, raised on cones. In appearance similar to C. piceae (see under Picea , entry A14, p. 14). Holocyclic and monoecious on Abies (and Cedrus ). On trunk and branches. Sometimes attended by ants.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Abies balsamea , concolor , koreana , lasiocarpa , spp.; Cedrus deodara .

Recorded attendant ants

Formica rufa (group?).

Distribution

Introduced from North America. Not yet in the Nordic countries, but widespread in Central and Western Europe.

Figures

Fig. 53. Cinara (Cinara) curvipes (Patch, 1912), juvenile alata on Abies sp. (from Dransfield & Brightwell 2015, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, downloaded 15 Sept. 2015).