Dreyfusia piceae (Ratzeburg, 1844)
(a silver fir adelgid)

Interactions where Dreyfusia piceae 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
causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen stem (woody) Abies alba European Silver-fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive, sometimes swollenstem (woody)
causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen branch Abies alba European Silver-fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive, sometimes swollenbranch
sucks sap of live, distorted stem Abies alba European Silver-fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive, distortedstem
sucks sap of live, distorted shoot Abies alba European Silver-fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies alba/Abies albaeuropean silver-firlive, distortedshoot
causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen stem (woody) Abies grandis Giant Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/Abies grandisgiant firlive, sometimes swollenstem (woody)
causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen branch Abies grandis Giant Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/Abies grandisgiant firlive, sometimes swollenbranch
sucks sap of live, distorted stem Abies grandis Giant Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/Abies grandisgiant firlive, distortedstem
sucks sap of live, distorted shoot Abies grandis Giant Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/Abies grandisgiant firlive, distortedshoot
causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen stem (woody) Abies procera Noble Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/Abies proceranoble firlive, sometimes swollenstem (woody)
causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen branch Abies procera Noble Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / false gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/Abies proceranoble firlive, sometimes swollenbranch
sucks sap of live, distorted stem Abies procera Noble Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/Abies proceranoble firlive, distortedstem
sucks sap of live, distorted shoot Abies procera Noble Fir Pinales: Pinaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies procera/Abies proceranoble firlive, distortedshoot

Interactions where Dreyfusia piceae is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
is predated by larva Heringia a genus of hoverflies Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Heringia/Heringiaa genus of hoverflieslarva Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/Dreyfusia piceaea silver fir adelgid larva is predator of

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

Dreyfusia piceae (a silver fir adelgid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dreyfusia piceae (a silver fir adelgid) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDreyfusia piceae (a silver fir adelgid)
FamilyADELGIDAE (woolly conifer aphids)
SuperfamilyPHYLLOXEROIDEA (phylloxerids)
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 Dreyfusia piceae (a silver fir adelgid)

Dreyfusia piceae (a silver fir adelgid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dreyfusia piceae (a silver fir adelgid):

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