Cinara (Cupressobium) cupressi (Buckton, 1881)

Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), European Journal of Taxonomy 338, pp. 1-160 : 42

Cinara (Cupressobium) cupressi (Buckton, 1881)

Fig. 117

Diagnosis

Apterae 1.5–3.5 mm, olive black with a bronzy sheen. Wax cover thin, anteriorly leaving two diverging bands free; area between siphunculi shiny, with more or less well developed transverse wax stipes. Legs dark; tibiae pale at middle. Basal part of antennal segment VI with 4–6 hairs. Juveniles with paler legs. Holocyclic, partially anholocyclic, monoecious on various Cupressaceae . Parks, hedge rows, forest margins. Forming colonies on foliated branches, often causing damage to the plant. Attended by ants.

Recorded hosts

Cupressaceae : Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ; Cupressus spp; Juniperus chinensis , communis , sabina , scopulorum , virginiana , spp.; Thuja occidentalis *, plicata *.

Recorded attendant ants

Formicinae : Lasius niger *.

Distribution

D F S.

Figures

Fig. 117. Cinara (Cupressobium) cupressi (Buckton, 1881). Small colony on last year’s growth of Thuja occidentalis, attended by Lasius niger (Linnaeus, 1758).