Mindarus abietinus Koch, 1857
balsam twig-aphid
on Abies

Abies balsamea, United States © Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Abies sp., England © Bob Dransfield & Bob Brightwell, InfluentialPoints
gall
The needles at the top of a shoot are somewhat shortened, curved, and pale. The shoot may become curved or even die off. Between the needles pale green aphids in both white fluffy wax and longer wax filaments.
host plants
Pinaceae, oligophagous
Abies alba, balsamea, cephalonica, concolor, grandis, homolepis, lasiocarpa, nordmanniana, pindrow, pinsapo, procera, sibirica; Pseudotsuga menziesii.
references
Albrecht (2017a), Barbagallo, Binazzi, Pennacchio & Pollini (2011a), Barbagallo & Massimino Cocuzza (2014a), Béguinot (2006b, 2007b), Blackman & Eastop (2014), Börner & Franz (1956a), Börner & Heinze (1957a), Buhr (1964b), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Durak, Durak & Borowiak-Sobkowiak (0000a, 2011a), Heie (1980a), Hellrigl (2004a), Houard (1908a), Lampel & Meier (2003a), Masłowski, Ledwoń, Wyglenda ao (2017a), Mier Durante & Nieto Nafría (1997a, Nieto Nafría & Mier Durante (1998a), Osiadacz & Wojciechowski (2008a), Pérez Hidalgo, Martínez Peláez & Nieto Nafría (2001a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Roskam (2009a, 2019a), Tomasi (2003a), Wojciechowski, Depa, Halgoš ao (2016a).