Gastrodes grossipes (DeGeer, 1773)
(Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug)

Interactions where Gastrodes grossipes 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
adult adult sucks sap of Picea abies Norway Spruce, Christmas Tree Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Gastrodes grossipes/Gastrodes grossipespine-cone bug, pine cone bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea abies/Picea abiesNorway spruce, Christmas tree
adult adult sucks sap of Pinus nigra ssp nigra Austrian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Gastrodes grossipes/Gastrodes grossipespine-cone bug, pine cone bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra subsp. nigra/Pinus nigra subsp. nigraAustrian pine
adult adult sucks sap of Pinus nigra ssp salzmannii var corsicana Corsican Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Gastrodes grossipes/Gastrodes grossipespine-cone bug, pine cone bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicana/Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii var. corsicanaCorsican pine
adult adult sucks sap of Pinus pinaster Maritime Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Gastrodes grossipes/Gastrodes grossipespine-cone bug, pine cone bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus pinaster/Pinus pinastermaritime pine
adult adult sucks sap of Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Gastrodes grossipes/Gastrodes grossipespine-cone bug, pine cone bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pine
nymph nymph sucks sap of Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Gastrodes grossipes/Gastrodes grossipespine-cone bug, pine cone bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pine

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug)
FamilyLYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs)
SuperfamilyLYGAEOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true 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 Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug)

Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 5 images of Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug)
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