Adelges (Adelges) lapponicus (Cholodkovsky, 1889)

Diagnosis

Similar to A. laricis . Al. gallicolae dark red, 1.5 mm, laying eggs hardly covered with wax. Anholocyclic on Picea . Mixed spruce forests. Usually flying only a short distance. Galls normally many together,

along with galls from preceding years, opening in June–July. Gallicolae dark red, secreting only little wax.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Picea abies *, glauca *, jezoensis, mariana, pungens, sitchensis .

Distribution