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.
Information on host(s)
Main host(s)
Photos
Branch covered by white cottony materiel secreted by adelgids
Thérèse Arcand
Branch covered by white cottony materiel secreted by adelgids
Thérèse Arcand
Close-up of white wooly substance covering adelgids
Thérèse Arcand
Affected eastern white pine
Jean-Paul Laplante
Eastern white pine trunk covered with white woolly substance secreted by adelgids
Claude Monnier
Eastern white pine trunk covered with white woolly substance secreted by adelgids
Claude Monnier