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Cinara is a very large genus sometimes assigned to its own subfamily, with species on conifers of the families Pinaceae and Cupressaceae. Many Cinara species (150) are native to North America, but there are also 55 species found in Europe and Asia. Cinara aphids do not host alternate, but remain on their chosen host species throughout the year.
It colonizes conifers (Pinaceae and Cupressaceae). In Europe, there are 40 or so species. All species of this genus are monoecious. They can live on any of the host-plant’s levels (roots, trunk, main branches, minor branches, needle or leaf). Colonies are often visited by ants.
Cinara aphids are large aphids, some of the biggest aphid species, with adults often reaching sizes of 1/4 inch (6 mm) in length. Their color can range from black or brown to dull green or grey. They have piercing-sucking mouth parts that feed on the sap in twigs, branches, trunks, and roots.
It looks very much like the aphid Cinara piceae. The ones with the white wax around their backsides are the oviparae - egg-laying females only found in the autumn. The only problem with this identification is that Cinara piceae are found on spruce, not pine.
3 lut 2016 · Our analyses on the conifer-feeding aphid genus, Cinara, revealed that the high diversity of these aphids was strongly associated with the ecological conditions in the mountains of southwest...
Cinara cedri (Cedar bark aphid). Identification, biology, distribution, host plants, natural enemies, damage caused. Creative commons images.
29 maj 2015 · Cinara curvipes (Patch, 1912), a Nearctic aphid species first recorded in Europe at the turn of the millenium, has invaded almost one quarter of the continent during the past 15 years.
