Cinara (Cinara) laricis (Hartig, 1839)

Figs 63–65

Diagnosis

Aptera 3–5 mm, subshining brown with numerous small black hair-bearing sclerites and usually with a greyish wax bloom pattern rendering a conspicuous chequered appearance. Holocyclic, monoecious on Larix . Found in forest margins, meadows, parks, plantations etc. In small colonies or scattered along 1–3 year-old twigs of tall trees, on young shoots and cones, and trunks of young trees. Sometimes antattended.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Larix decidua *, decidua x kaempferi, gmelinii, leptolepis, sibirica *.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae: Formica rufa *; Lasius niger *.

Distribution

D F S B.