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Adelges (pineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #webs
Species Adelges abietis (a woolly aphid) 2
Species Adelges laricis (a woolly aphid) 7

Suggested Literature

Adelges may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HOMOPTERA
(bugs)
APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Adelges is associated with:

Photos Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) causes gall of stem Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986

There may be more taxa associated with Adelges listed at higher taxonomic level

ADELGIDAE
(woolly aphids)

Associated with Adelges:

(wine red to dark reddish brown) wine red to dark reddish brown may be infected by Entomophthora canadensis - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982

Adelges may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HOMOPTERA
(bugs)
APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)
ADELGIDAE
(woolly aphids)

References

Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls
Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato

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