Pine bark adelgid
- Latin name: Pineus strobi (Hartig)
- French name: Puceron de l'écorce du pin
- Order: Homoptera
- Family: Adelgidae
Description
Distribution
British Columbia, Eastern Canada
Micro-habitat(s)
Twig, Branch, Trunk
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