Cinara (Cinara) pectinatae Nördlinger, 1880

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 : 23

Cinara (Cinara) pectinatae Nördlinger, 1880

Figs 54–55

Diagnosis

Aptera 2.8–5 mm, bright green. Abdomen dorsally with diffuse whitish longitudinal bands, juveniles often with an additional whitish spinal streak; legs infuscate; eyes red. Underside and segment borders on thorax thinly wax-dusted. Holocyclic, monoecious on Abies . In small groups or colonies on young trunks and underside of lignified branches, sometimes ant-attended.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Formica polyctena *.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Abies alba * (usually), balsamea , grandis , nordmanniana , sibirica spp.

Distribution

D N S.

B10 (B9) Siphunculi tubular ................................................................... Elatobium Mordvilko, 1914

Figures

Fig. 54. Cinara (Cinara) pectinatae Nördlinger, 1880. Colonies (ad. and juv.) on trunk and branches of young Abies alba, attended by Formica polyctena Förster, 1850.

Fig. 55. Cinara (Cinara) pectinatae Nördlinger, 1880. Colonies (mostly juv.) on trunk and branches of young Abies alba.