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


pine leaf adelgid
Pineus pinifoliae (Fitch, 1858)



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pine leaf adelgid
Pineus pinifoliae
Adult(s)
E. Bradford Walker
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pine leaf adelgid
Pineus pinifoliae
Feature(s)
Whitney Cranshaw
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pine leaf adelgid
Pineus pinifoliae
Damage
Ronald S. Kelley


Taxonomic Rank

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

Other System Links

NPDN Pest: IRAZAUA



References

Common Name Reference: Furniss, R.L. and Carolin, V.M. 1977. Western forest insects. U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Misc. Publ. 1339, Wash. D.C., 654 pp.
Scientific Name Reference: R.W. Poole and P. Gentili, Nomina Insecta Nearctica. 1996. Nomina insecta nearctica: a checklist of the insects of North America. Vol. 1-4. Rockville (MD): Entomological Information Services. Available at URL: http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/main.htm