Pineus pini (Goeze, 1778)
(Scots Pine Adelgid)

Interactions where Pineus pini 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
sucks sap of live Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Pineus pini/Pineus piniScots pine adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceaspruceslive
sucks sap of live, slightly discoloured needle Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Pineus pini/Pineus piniScots pine adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinelive, slightly discolouredneedle (1-12)
sucks sap of live shoot Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Pineus pini/Pineus piniScots pine adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineliveshoot (1-12)
sucks sap of live bark Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Pineus pini/Pineus piniScots pine adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pinelivebark (1-12)

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

Pineus pini (Scots Pine Adelgid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pineus pini (Scots Pine Adelgid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPineus pini (Scots Pine Adelgid)
GenusPineus (a genus of adelgids)
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 Pineus pini (Scots Pine Adelgid)

Pineus pini (Scots Pine Adelgid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pineus pini (Scots Pine Adelgid):

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