Gilletteella cooleyi (Gillette, 1907)
(Douglas Fir Adelgid)

Interactions where Gilletteella cooleyi 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
(hypophyllous) hypophyllous causes gall of live, yellowing shoot tip Picea sitchensis Sitka Spruce Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Gilletteella cooleyi/Gilletteella cooleyiDouglas fir adelgidhypophyllous Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/Picea sitchensisSitka sprucelive, yellowingshoot tip
(hypophyllous) hypophyllous sucks sap of live, yellowing leaf Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Gilletteella cooleyi/Gilletteella cooleyiDouglas fir adelgidhypophyllous Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas firlive, yellowingleaf (summer)
(hypophyllous) hypophyllous sucks sap of live branch Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Gilletteella cooleyi/Gilletteella cooleyiDouglas fir adelgidhypophyllous Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/Pseudotsuga menziesiiDouglas firlivebranch (summer)

Interactions where Gilletteella cooleyi is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
honeydew may support Cladosporium a genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes Capnodiales: Cladosporiaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Cladosporiaceae/Cladosporium/Cladosporiuma genus of dematiaceous hyphomycetes Animal / honeydew feeder /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Gilletteella cooleyi/Gilletteella cooleyiDouglas fir adelgid feeds on honeydew

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Gilletteella cooleyi (Douglas Fir Adelgid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gilletteella cooleyi (Douglas Fir Adelgid) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGilletteella cooleyi (Douglas Fir 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 Gilletteella cooleyi (Douglas Fir Adelgid)

Gilletteella cooleyi (Douglas Fir Adelgid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gilletteella cooleyi (Douglas Fir Adelgid):

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