Cinara (Cinara) kochiana (Börner, 1939)

Fig. 69

Diagnosis

Aptera 4–6 mm, brown to greyish-brown, slightly wax-powdered on dorsum. Monoecious, holocyclic on Larix . In colonies in bark crevices on lower part of trunk or bases of older branches, also on more or less exposed roots. Usually ant-attended. Diagnosis based on Heie (2004).

Recorded hosts

Pinaceae: Larix decidua, gmelinii, kaempferi, sibirica .

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae: Formica lugubris .

Distribution

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C4 (C3) Siphunculi elongate, tubular .................................................................... Aphis Linnaeus, 1758