Cinara (Cinara) pectinatae Nördlinger, 1880

Figs 54–55

Diagnosis

Aptera 2.8–5 mm, bright green. Abdomen dorsally with diffuse whitish longitudinal bands, juveniles often with an additional whitish spinal streak; legs infuscate; eyes red. Underside and segment borders on thorax thinly wax-dusted. Holocyclic, monoecious on Abies . In small groups or colonies on young trunks and underside of lignified branches, sometimes ant-attended.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae: Formica polyctena *.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Abies alba * (usually), balsamea, grandis, nordmanniana, sibirica spp.

Distribution

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B10 (B9) Siphunculi tubular ................................................................... Elatobium Mordvilko, 1914