Sacchiphantes viridis (Ratzeburg, 1843)
(a spruce/larch adelgid)

Interactions where Sacchiphantes viridis is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
Fundatrix nymph Fundatrix nymph feeds on live Larix larches Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Sacchiphantes viridis/Sacchiphantes viridisa spruce/larch adelgidFundatrix nymph Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/Larixlarcheslive (winter)
Fundatrix nymph Fundatrix nymph feeds on live Major Larix decidua Larch, European Larch Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Sacchiphantes viridis/Sacchiphantes viridisa spruce/larch adelgidFundatrix nymph Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix decidua/Larix decidualarch, european larchliveMajor (winter)
gallicola nymph gallicola nymph causes gall of live branch tip Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Sacchiphantes viridis/Sacchiphantes viridisa spruce/larch adelgidgallicola nymph Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceaspruceslivebranch tip (summer)

Sacchiphantes viridis (a spruce/larch adelgid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sacchiphantes viridis (a spruce/larch adelgid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSacchiphantes viridis (a spruce/larch adelgid)
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 Sacchiphantes viridis (a spruce/larch adelgid)

Sacchiphantes viridis (a spruce/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 Sacchiphantes viridis (a spruce/larch adelgid):

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