Pine bark adelgid
- French common name: Puceron de l'écorce du pin
- Scientific name: Pineus strobi (Hartig)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Order: Homoptera
- Family: Adelgidae
Distribution
- British Columbia
- Eastern Canada
Canadian Forest Service Publications
Diet and feeding behaviour
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Sap-feeding:
Feeds on plant sap.
- Piercing-sucking: Has specialized mouthparts for sucking the fluids from plants, thereby causing deformities or killing the affected plant sections.