Pineus (Pineus) orientalis (Dreyfus, 1889)

Fig. 76

Diagnosis

Apterae indistinguishable from P. pini . Gallicolae similar to apterae of P. pini but larger (1.5–2.3 mm); marginal wax gland plates smaller, their facets smaller than the largest on head; anteriorly on abdomen the plates are as far or further apart than the width of the plates; the spinal plates on abdomen fused with the other plates on their segment. Sexupara indistinguishable from the alata of P. pini . Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between Picea (see p. 7) and Pinus .

Scattered on twigs and shoots. Diagnosis mainly after Heie (2004).

Recorded secondary hosts

Pinaceae: Pinus mugo, sylvestris, spp.

Distribution

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