Adelges laricis Vallot, 1836
(a larch adelgid)

Interactions where Adelges laricis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
progrediens nymph progrediens nymph feeds on Larix larches Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelges laricis/Adelges laricisa larch adelgidprogrediens nymph Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/Larixlarches (5-8)
sistens nymph sistens nymph feeds on Larix larches Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelges laricis/Adelges laricisa larch adelgidsistens nymph Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/Larixlarches (5-8)
fundatrix nymph fundatrix nymph causes gall of live Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelges laricis/Adelges laricisa larch adelgidfundatrix nymph Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceaspruceslive (3)
fundatrix nymph fundatrix nymph overwinters on bud (base) Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelges laricis/Adelges laricisa larch adelgidfundatrix nymph Plant / hibernates / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceasprucesbud (base)
gallicola nymph gallicola nymph causes gall of live Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelges laricis/Adelges laricisa larch adelgidgallicola nymph Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceaspruceslive (3-7)
male male feeds on Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelges laricis/Adelges laricisa larch adelgidmale Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceaspruces (summer)
sexual female sexual female feeds on Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Plant Galls, Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelges laricis/Adelges laricisa larch adelgidsexual female Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceaspruces (summer)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Redfern, M. & Askew, R.R., 1992Plant GallsNaturalists’ Handbooks, No 17, 99pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Adelges laricis (a larch adelgid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Adelges laricis (a larch adelgid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAdelges laricis (a larch adelgid)
GenusAdelges (pineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids)
FamilyADELGIDAE (woolly conifer aphids)
SuperfamilyPHYLLOXEROIDEA (phylloxerids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Adelges laricis (a larch adelgid)

Adelges laricis (a larch adelgid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Adelges laricis (a larch adelgid):

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