Forest Pests of North America
Native and Non-native insects, diseases, and weeds of urban, managed, and natural forests


pine and spruce adelgids
Pineus spp. Shimer, 1869

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pine and spruce adelgids
Pineus spp.
Infestation
Robert L. Anderson


Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Atelocerata
Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Aphidoidea
Family: Adelgidae
Genus: Pineus

Other System Links

NPDN Pest: IRAZAVA


Synonyms and Other Names

Other Common Names:
Note that "pine and spruce adelgids" also includes the genus Adelges.

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References

Common Name Reference: VEG_DISTURBANCE_AGENTS table of the FSVeg Field Sampled Vegetation Data Dictionary version 1.3, dated March 12, 1999.
Scientific Name Reference: Arnett, R.H. 1985. American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York. 850 pp.