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Pine bark adelgid

Pineus strobi (Hartig, 1839)

Status not recordedinsects

The pine bark adelgid (Pineus strobi) is a species in the family Adelgidae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the pine bark adelgid

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
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Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pine bark adelgid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pine bark adelgid as introduced in 8 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Czechiainvasive
  2. Austria
  3. Croatia
  4. Poland
  5. Romania
  6. Russia
  7. Sweden
  8. United Kingdom

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pine bark adelgid endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pine bark adelgid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAdelgidae
  6. genusPineus
  7. SpeciesPineus strobi (Hartig, 1839)

Synonyms Adelges corticalis, Chermaphis corticalis, Chermaphis pinicorticis, Chermes corticalis, Chermes pinicorticia, Chermes pinicorticis, Chermes strobi, Coccus pinicorticis, Coccus strobi, Coccus strobus, Eopineus strobi, Eopineus strobus, Kermaphis corticalis, Pineus pinicorticis, Pineus strobus, Schizoneura strobi

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • puceron de l'écorce du pinFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pine bark adelgid

Other species in the same genus Pineus.

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Common questions

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Is the pine bark adelgid an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the pine bark adelgid as invasive in 1 country: Czechia. It lists it as introduced in 8 in all.

What kind of animal is the pine bark adelgid?

The pine bark adelgid (Pineus strobi) belongs to the family Adelgidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{pine_bark_adelgid_2026,
  title = {Pine bark adelgid (Pineus strobi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pine-bark-adelgid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}