Essigella californica (Essig, 1909)

monterey-pine needle aphid

on Pinus (Pseudotsuga)

Pinus sylvestris, Great Britain, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge Research Park, 2.iv.2025 © Ian Barton

Pinus montezumae, UK © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints

parasiet

Apterae ± 2 mm. They live solitarily on the needles.

hostplants

Pinaceae, almost monophagous

Pinus halepensis, montezumae, pinaster, radiata, strobus, sylvestris.

Sometimes also on Pseudotsuga menziesii

notes

Originally native to North America.

references

Aguiar & Ilharco (2001a), Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Mifsud, Cutajar, Cassar, ao (2023a), Mifsud, Pérez Hidalgo & Barbagallo (2009a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, Binazzi & Pérez Hidalgo (2002a), Reid, Dransfield, Brightwell, ao (2015a).