Cinara juniperi (De Geer, 1773)

juniper aphid

on Juniperus, Thuja

Juniperus communis, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

parasite

Aphids in small groups on thin twigs, feeding on the needles, preferably on the one year old shoots. The rear tibiae are entirely darkened. Sometimes attended by ants.

host plants

Cupressaceae, oligophagous

Juniperus chinensis, communis & subsp. hemisphaerica + nana, oxycedrus & subsp. macrocarpa, sabina, squamata, thurifera, virginiana; Thuja occidentalis.

synonyms

Cupressobium juniperi.

references

Akyildirim Beğen, Görür & Şenol (2019a), Albrecht (2017a), Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Barbagallo & Pollini (2014a), Basky (2015b), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Dransfield & Brightwell (2015a), Hellrigl (2004a), Influential Points (2017), Börner & Franz (1956a), Heie (1995a), Hille Ris Lambers (1947c), Laamari, Coeur d’Acier & Jousselin (2013a), Lampel & Burgener (1966a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Müller (1986a), Mier Durante, Seco Fernández & Nieto Nafría (1989a), Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1981a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, Binazzi & Pérez Hidalgo (2002a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Petrović (1998a), Sanchís, Binazzi & Michelena (1996a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998c), Tambs-Lyche & Heie (1984a), Tomasi (2003a), Ülgentürk, Özdemir, Muştu, ao (2019a), Weis (1955a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).