Pineus (Pineus) cembrae (Cholodkovsky, 1888)

Figs 77–80

Diagnosis

Apterae 0.5–0.8 mm, red-brown with blackish sclerites, covered in wax wool. Wax glands on cephaloprothoracic shield with closely packed, more or less polygonal facets; groups closest to ocelli usually with more than 40 facets. Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between Picea (see p. 7) and Pinus . At least in Finland also anholocyclic on Pinus . Parks, forests, street plantations. Scattered on young shoots, twigs and cones, overwintering in bark crevices and under scales.

Recorded secondary hosts

Pinaceae: Pinus cembra *, koraiensis, pumila, sibirica *.

Distribution

F S.