Cinara (Cinara) kochiana (Börner, 1939)

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 : 27

Cinara (Cinara) kochiana (Börner, 1939)

Fig. 69

Diagnosis

Aptera 4–6 mm, brown to greyish-brown, slightly wax-powdered on dorsum. Monoecious, holocyclic on Larix . In colonies in bark crevices on lower part of trunk or bases of older branches, also on more or less exposed roots. Usually ant-attended. Diagnosis based on Heie (2004).

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae : Larix decidua , gmelinii , kaempferi , sibirica .

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Formica lugubris .

Distribution

D S.

C4 (C3) Siphunculi elongate, tubular .................................................................... Aphis Linnaeus, 1758

Figures

Fig. 69. Cinara (Cinara) kochiana (Börner, 1939). Aptera (from Dransfield & Brightwell 2015, licensed under CC BY 3.0 US, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ legalcode, downloaded 27 Oct. 2015).