Cinara (Cinara) confinis Koch, 1856

Figs 50–52

Diagnosis

Siphunculi short and raised on cones. Aptera 3.8 – 7.5 mm, dark brown to brownish black with a bronzy sheen, legs predominantly black. Venter and segment borders thinly wax-dusted. Siphunculi short, raised on cones. Holocyclic and monoecious on Abies . Forming colonies, often dense, on young parts of trunks and underside of branches. Sometimes ant-attended.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Abies alba, balsamea, cephalonica, concolor, grandis, holophylla *, lasiocarpa, nordmanniana, pindrow, procera, sibirica *, spp.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae: Formica rufa *.

Distribution

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