Insects Feeding
on these Plants:
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Picea rubens (Red Spruce) [Pinaceae]
(Observations are from Blackman & Eastop, Wheeler et al., Hamilton, Majka et al., ScaleNet)
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Curculionidae: Magdalis piceae [this insect is found in NE USA & SE Canada] MAM2007, Pissodes fiskei [this insect is found in Canada, Maine, & New Hampshire] MAM2007
Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Miridae: Orthotylus pennsylvanicus WHM1983, Phytocoris buenoi WHM1983, Pilophorus piceicola WHM1983, Psallovius piceicola WHM1983
Homoptera (Sucking Insects)
Adelgidae: Adelges laricis [primary host plant, forms cone-like galls on shoots] BE2013, Pineus floccus [alternates between Pinus strobus & Picea spp.; this adelgid feeds on needles of White Pine, and forms galls on twigs of spruces; found in NE USA, including New York & Virginia] BE2013, Pineus pinifoliae (Pine Leaf Adelgid) [alternates between Pinus strobus & Picea spp.; this adelgid feeds on needles of White Pine, and forms galls on twigs of spruces; found in NE USA, including Maine & New York] BE2013, Pineus similis (Ragged Spruce Gall Adelgid) [forms loose galls on spruce at tips of young shoots, causing the needles to turn pale brown; found in NE USA, including Massachusetts & New Jersey] BE2013; Aphididae: Prociphilus piceaerubensis [found on roots of Red Spruce in North Carolina] BE2013; Cercopidae: Aphrophora parallela (Spruce Spittlebug) [preferred host plant of adults; found in Canada to Appalachian Mountains & South Carolina] Hm1982; Diaspididae: Chionaspis pinifoliae (Pine Needle Scale) [found on needles; this insect is widely distributed throughout the USA] SN2014; Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus minimus (Minimus Mealybug) [feeds on needles; this insect has been found in Virginia, although it occurs primarily in western USA & western Canada] SN2014