Cinara cedri Mimeur, 1936on Cedrus
on Cedrus
Cedrus spec.; from Koteiche & Antoun
parasite
Aphids 3-4 mm, dark bronze or reddish-brown with darker segmental markings and a light dorsolateral and ventral dusting of wax powder. In large and dense colonies on the bark of 1-5 cm thick branches. They produce large quantities of honey dew. Attacked trees are sometimes defoliated, produce no cones and the growth is reduced.
host plants
Pinaceae, monophagous
Cedrus atlantica, deodara, libani.
On Cedrus libani subsp. brevifolia, the endemic cedar of Cyprus, the equally endemic Cinara cedri brevifoliae Binazzi, 2017.
references
Aytar (2006a), Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Binazzi, Strangi, Paoli ao (2017a), Blackman & Eastop (2017), Koteiche & Antoun (2006a), Laamari, Coeur d’Acier & Jousselin (2013a), Lampel & Burgener (1966a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Landeka & Podnar (2017a), Meliá Masiá (1978a), Nieto Nafría, Mier Durante, Binazzi & Pérez Hidalgo (2002a), Núñez-Pérez & Tizado (1996a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Sanchís, Binazzi & Michelena (1996a), Seljak (2013a), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998c), Ülgentürk, Özdemir, Muştu, ao (2019a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).