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Adelges piceae (balsam woolly adelgid)

Synonyms: Chermes picae; Chermes piceae; Dreyfusia piceae

Wikipedia Abstract

Balsam woolly adelgids (Adelges piceae) are small wingless insects that infest and kill firs, especially balsam fir and Fraser fir. They are an invasive species from Europe introduced to the United States around 1900.
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Infraspecies

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Central & Southern Appalachian Red Spruce - Fir - Hardwood Forest United States (Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina)
Fraser Fir Forest (Deciduous Shrub Type) United States (North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee)
Fraser Fir Forest (Evergreen Shrub Type) United States (North Carolina, Tennessee)
Red Spruce - Fraser Fir Forest (Deciduous Shrub Type) United States (Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia)
Red Spruce - Fraser Fir Forest (Evergreen Shrub Type) United States (Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina)
Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest United States (Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia)
Tsuga heterophylla - Abies amabilis - (Callitropsis nootkatensis) / Vaccinium alaskaense Forest Canada (British Columbia); United States (Alaska)
Tsuga heterophylla - Abies amabilis / Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata - Achlys triphylla - Rubus pedatus Forest Canada (British Columbia)
Tsuga heterophylla - Pseudotsuga menziesii - Thuja plicata / Achlys triphylla - Gymnocarpium dryopteris Forest Canada (British Columbia)

Prey / Diet

Providers

Parasite of 
Abies balsamea (Canadian fir)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0