Adelges (Dreyfusia) nordmannianae (Eckstein, 1890)

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Diagnosis

Fund. juv. only with spinal and marginal wax pore plates; wax pore plates on inner margins of meso- and metathoracic spinal sclerites with numerous small pits arranged in 2–4 areas of rather rounded shape. Al. gallicola: 1.1–2.3 mm, wax glands on head and prothorax of granular appearance, without or with a few indistinct facets. Galls 7–15 mm, terminal, globular, red when young (resembling strawberries), later greenish with red or purple at bases and tips of scales. Holocyclic and dioecious, alternating between Picea orientalis and Abies (see also p. 20).

Recorded primary hosts

Pinaceae: Picea orientalis (usually), abies, omorika .

Distribution

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