Cinara nigritergi Mamontova-Solukha, 1964

on Pinus

gall

Apterae 2.5–4 mm, dark brown to black with grey wax markings and a large dull or somewhat shining sclerite encompassing the siphunculi, anteriorly extending to a variable extent, often reaching the thoracic sclerites. Hairs short and sparse.

hostplants

Pinaceae, narrowly monophagous

Pinus sylvestris.

notes

Albrecht gives some pictures.

references

Albrecht (2017a), Blackman & Eastop (2017).