Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Picea pungens

Alternative names

English vernacular name

  • Colorado blue spruce

Dutch vernacular name

  • blauwe spar

Synonym

  • Picea parryana

Determination table

organ mode stage main group group family parasite P G S
leaf budgallInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAdelgidaeAdelges lapponicus16
leaf budgallspring gen.InsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAdelgidaeAdelges laricis 215
leaf budgallInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAdelgidaeAdelges tardus 14
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera HeteropteraMiridaeAtractotomus magnicornis815
leafminerInsectaLepidopteraBatrachedridaeBatrachedra pinicolella36
leaffreeAcariTetranychoideaTetranychidaeBryobia praetiosa2830
leafhiddenInsectaHymenopteraPamphilidaeCephalcia abietis25
leafhiddenInsectaHymenopteraPamphilidaeCephalcia alpina15
leafhiddenInsectaHymenopteraPamphilidaeCephalcia arvensis15
leafhiddenInsectaHymenopteraPamphilidaeCephalcia erythrogaster14
leafhiddenInsectaHymenopteraPamphilidaeCephalcia fulva13
leafpustuleteliaFungiBasidiomycotaColeosporiaceaeChrysomyxa abietis15
flowerpustuleaeciaFungiBasidiomycotaColeosporiaceaeChrysomyxa pyrolae 213
leafpustuleaeciaFungiBasidiomycotaColeosporiaceaeChrysomyxa rhododendri 323
leafgallaeciaFungiBasidiomycotaColeosporiaceaeChrysomyxa woronini26
stemfreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeCinara costata19
stemfreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeCinara piceae 17
stemfreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeCinara piceicola 16
stemfreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeCinara pilicornis 310
stemfreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeCinara pinea 213
stemfreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeCinara pruinosa 16
leafminerInsectaLepidopteraGelechiidaeColeotechnites piceaella27
stemminerInsectaLepidopteraTortricidaeCydia pactolana 24
stemborerInsectaColeopteraCurculionidaeDendroctonus micans28
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera HeteropteraMiridaeDichrooscytus intermedius45
leafhiddenInsectaLepidopteraTortricidaeDitula angustiorana 3436
leafscaleInsectaHemiptera CoccoideaDiaspididaeDynaspidiotus abieticola36
leafscaleInsectaHemiptera CoccoideaDiaspididaeDynaspidiotus abietis 717
stemscaleInsectaHemiptera CoccoideaDiaspididaeDynaspidiotus britannicus1720
stemfreeInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeElatobium abietinum 519
leafminerInsectaLepidopteraTortricidaeEpinotia nanana 26
leaffreeAcariTetranychoideaTetranychidaeEurytetranychus furcisetus22
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaeEuura insignis13
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaeEuura scutellata13
leaf budgallFungiAscomycotaCucurbitariaceaeGemmamyces piceae28
leaf budgallspring gen.InsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAphididaeGilletteella cooleyi 29
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraDiprionidaeGilpinia abieticola24
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraDiprionidaeGilpinia hercyniae13
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraDiprionidaeGilpinia polytoma14
leaffreeimagoInsectaHemiptera CicadomorphaCercopidaeHaematoloma dorsata 1735
stemborerInsectaColeopteraCurculionidaeIps amitinus411
stemborerInsectaColeopteraCurculionidaeIps sexdentatus619
flowergallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaeKaltenbachiola strobi 16
leafscaleInsectaHemiptera CoccoideaDiaspididaeLepidosaphes newsteadi510
stemborerInsectaColeopteraCurculionidaeMagdalis rufa23
flowerborerInsectaHymenopteraTorymidaeMegastigmus strobilobius13
dead woodborerInsectaColeopteraCerambycidaeMolorchus minor79
leaffreeAcariTetranychoideaTetranychidaeOligonychus coniferarum712
leaffreeAcariTetranychoideaTetranychidaeOligonychus ununguis 1829
leaffreeInsectaHemiptera HeteropteraMiridaeParapsallus vitellinus57
leafscaleInsectaHemiptera CoccoideaPseudococcidaePhenacoccus piceae 36
stemscaleInsectaHemiptera CoccoideaCoccidaePhysokermes hemicryphus 49
stemscaleInsectaHemiptera CoccoideaCoccidaePhysokermes piceae 27
leaf budgallspring gen.InsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAdelgidaePineus orientalis 27
fruitgallInsectaDipteraCecidomyiidaePlemeliella abietina 14
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaePristiphora abietina15
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaePristiphora compressa13
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaePristiphora decipiens12
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaePristiphora gerula13
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaePristiphora leucopodia12
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaePristiphora pseudodecipiens12
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaePristiphora robusta13
leaffreeInsectaHymenopteraTenthredinidaePristiphora saxesenii13
leafleaf spotFungiAscomycotaVenturiaceaeRhizosphaera kalkhoffii45
leaf budgallInsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAdelgidaeSacchiphantes abietis 112
leaf budgallspring gen.InsectaHemiptera SternorrhynchaAdelgidaeSacchiphantes viridis 215
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaDothideales incertae sedisSetomelanomma holmii11
leaffreeAcariTetranychoideaTenuipalpidaeTenuipalpus cheladzeae36
stemsaprotrophicFungiAscomycotaRhytismataceaeTryblidiopsis pinastri314

Organ

the part of the plant that most conspicuously is hit by the parasite

bud: both flower buds and leaf buds
flower: also inflorescence
leaf: also needle, phyllodium, petiole
leaf bud: also unfolding young leaf
root: also root stock, runners
root collar: also the lowest part of the stem
stem: also culm, the lower part of the peduncle, in grasses also leaf sheath
systemic: the entire above-ground plant

PARASITIC MODE

borer: larva living internally, almost no outwards signs
canker: restricted area of dead plant tissue
down: 0.5-2 mm high fungal down
film: very thin cover of fungal tissue
free: free-living, vagrant
gall: swelling and/or malformation
hidden: concealed by dense webbing, leaf folds etc.
leaf spot: discoloured, often ± necrotic, generally not galled, sign of a fungus infection
miner > borer: larve initially makes a mine, lives as a borer later
pustule: plug of fungal tissue, generally brown-black and < 2 mm
saprotrophic: developing on recently dead, still identifiable, plant tissue
scale: scale insect
stripe: longitudinal line of fungal tissue in a grass leaf

COLUMNS

P: with image
G: number of genera on this website
S: number of species on this website

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IMPORTANT

The host plant spectre of a parasite is rarely known exhaustively; this applies in particular at the species level. It is advisable therefore to check at least also the list of all parasites of this genus.

 

Last modified 9.vii.2026