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Spruce aphid

Elatobium abietinum (Walker, 1849)

Status not recordedinsects

The spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum) is a species in the family Aphididae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the spruce aphid

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

Where does the spruce aphid live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the spruce aphid as introduced in 7 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Swedeninvasive
  2. Australia
  3. Austria
  4. Denmark
  5. Iceland
  6. Ireland
  7. United States

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 spruce aphid 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 spruce aphid classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAphididae
  6. genusElatobium
  7. SpeciesElatobium abietinum (Walker, 1849)

Synonyms Aphis abietina, Liosomaphis abietina, Myzaphis abietina, Siphonophora abietina

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Green spruce aphidEnglish
  • mšice smrkováCzech
  • SitkalusDanish
  • puceron de l'épinetteFrench
  • Groene sparreluisDutch
  • Тля пихтоваяRussian
  • voška smrekováSlovak
  • GranbladlusDanish
  • SitkabladlusDanish
  • SitkagranbladlusDanish
  • Puceron vert de l'épicéaFrench
  • Groene sparrenluisDutch

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Relatives of the spruce aphid

Other species in the same genus Elatobium.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the spruce aphid an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the spruce aphid as invasive in 1 country: Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 7 in all.

What kind of animal is the spruce aphid?

The spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum) belongs to the family Aphididae 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spruce-aphid

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BibTeX
@misc{spruce_aphid_2026,
  title = {Spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spruce-aphid},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}