Cinara cedri Mimeur, 1936

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), Suay Cano & González Funes (1998c), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).