Pineapple-gall Adelgid

Sacchiphantes abietis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Adelgidae

The pineapple gall adelgid (Adelges abietis) is a species of conifer-feeding insect that forms pineapple-shaped plant galls on its host species, commonly Norway and Sitka spruce. The adelgids (genus Adelges) are pear-shaped, soft-bodied green insects with long antennae, closely related to the aphid. Adelges lays up to one hundred eggs at a time, one on each needle.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Pineapple-gall Adelgid

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