Elatobium abietinum (Walker, 1849)
(Green Spruce Aphid)

Interactions where Elatobium abietinum 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, yellowed then shed leaf Restricted Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Elatobium abietinum/Elatobium abietinumgreen spruce aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceaspruceslive, yellowed then shedleafSole (1-)3-5(-12)
sucks sap of live, yellowed then shed needle Major Picea abies Norway Spruce, Christmas Tree Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Phytotoxicity of Insecticides used to Control Aphids on Sitka Spruce, Straw, N. & Fielding, N., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Elatobium abietinum/Elatobium abietinumgreen spruce aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea abies/Picea abiesNorway spruce, Christmas treelive, yellowed then shedneedleMajor (1-)3-5(-12)
sucks sap of live, yellowed then shed leaf Major Picea pungens Glauca group Colorado Blue-spruce Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Elatobium abietinum/Elatobium abietinumgreen spruce aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea pungens Glauca group/Picea pungens Glauca groupColorado blue-sprucelive, yellowed then shedleafMajor (1-)3-5(-12)
sucks sap of live, yellowed then shed leaf Major Picea sitchensis Sitka Spruce Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Phytotoxicity of Insecticides used to Control Aphids on Sitka Spruce, Straw, N. & Fielding, N., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Elatobium abietinum/Elatobium abietinumgreen spruce aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea sitchensis/Picea sitchensisSitka sprucelive, yellowed then shedleafMajor (1-)3-5(-12)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Straw, N. & Fielding, N., 1998Phytotoxicity of Insecticides used to Control Aphids on Sitka SpruceForestry Commission Information Notes, 5, 4pp, The Forestry Authority

Elatobium abietinum (Green Spruce Aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Elatobium abietinum (Green Spruce Aphid) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesElatobium abietinum (Green Spruce Aphid)
FamilyAPHIDIDAE (greenfly)
SuperfamilyAPHIDOIDEA (aphids)
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 Elatobium abietinum (Green Spruce Aphid)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Forest Research 2012 Path News Issue 25: Autumn 2012
Forest Research 2002 Path News Issue 2: September 2002

Elatobium abietinum (Green Spruce Aphid) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Elatobium abietinum (Green Spruce Aphid):

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