Elatobium abietinum (Walker, 1849)

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Diagnosis

Aptera 1–2 mm, pale green to yellowish, without wax wool. Holocyclic, monoecious. In small groups on needles of Picea (rarely other genera), causing discoloration and loss of older needles. Not attended by ants.

Recorded coniferous hosts

Pinaceae: Picea abies *, engelmanni, glauca, glehnii, jezoensis, mariana, omorika, orientalis, pungens *, sitchensis, tianschanica; Abies cephalonica, homolepis, lasiocarpa, nordmanniana, spp.; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Pinus sibirica .

Distribution

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