Cinara (Cinara) cuneomaculata (del Guercio, 1909)

Figs 66–68

Diagnosis

Aptera 2.3–4.5 mm, olive brown to dark purplish brown, subshining with a thin greyish wax bloom ventrally and also as a transverse pattern on dorsum, much like the pattern of C. laricis . Small, hairbearing sclerites absent. Holocyclic, monoecious on Larix . Found in forest margins, meadowland etc. In small colonies or scattered along young twigs (usually 0–2 years old). Often ant-attended.

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Larix decidua *, kaempferi *, laricina, sibirica *, spp.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae: Formica rufa *.

Distribution

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