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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Adelgidae Sub Family   Description   a family of aphids; 'conifer woolly aphids' Background to Family   A primitive aphid family of around a dozen species, with only egg-laying females. Species which alternate between hosts have a 2-year life cycle; Picea is used as the primary host, and other conifers as secondary hosts. Distinctive 'pineapple' galls are induced on new shoots of the primary host.     No. taxa in DBIF   27 No. interactions   100 % interactions with British data   64% No. records   129 % taxa with British data   85% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1975 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Borner, C.(1952) Mitt. thuering. bot. Ges. 4 1-484:205 Source   Borner, C.(1952) Mitt. thuering. bot. Ges. 4 1-484:204 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:12 Source   Borner, C.(1952) Mitt. thuering. bot. Ges. 4 1-484:206 Source   Rohfritsch, O.(1981) Z. Angew. ent. 92 18-26:18 Source   Sturzer-Gilbert, C.(1982) Anz. Schadlingsk. Pfl.-Umweltschutz 11 161-164:161 Source   Carter, C.I.(1975) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 111 29-32: Source   Borner, C.(1952) Mitt. thuering. bot. Ges. 4 1-484:207 Source   Borner, C.(1952) Mitt. thuering. bot. Ges. 4 1-484:208 Source   Carter, C.I.(1975) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 111 29-32:32 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:34 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:20 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:26 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:7 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:38 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:16 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:9 Source   Evans, H.F.(1987) Proc. R. Soc. Edinb. 93 157-167:162 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:36 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:31 Source   Carter, C.I.(1975) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 111 29-32:31 Source   Spires, S.(1981) Ecol. Entomol. 6 205-208:205 Source   Borner, C.(1952) Mitt. thuering. bot. Ges. 4 1-484:209 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:22 Source   Carter, C.I.(1971) Bull. For. Commn, Lond. 42 1-51:41