Gastrodes abietum Bergroth, 1914
(Spruce-cone Bug, Spruce Cone Bug)

Interactions where Gastrodes abietum 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
adult adult sucks sap of cone Picea abies Norway Spruce, Christmas Tree Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Gastrodes abietum/Gastrodes abietumspruce-cone bug, spruce cone bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea abies/Picea abiesNorway spruce, Christmas treecone
adult adult hibernates inside old cone Picea abies Norway Spruce, Christmas Tree Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Gastrodes abietum/Gastrodes abietumspruce-cone bug, spruce cone bugadult Plant / hibernates / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea abies/Picea abiesNorway spruce, Christmas treeoldcone
nymph nymph sucks sap of cone Picea abies Norway Spruce, Christmas Tree Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Gastrodes abietum/Gastrodes abietumspruce-cone bug, spruce cone bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea abies/Picea abiesNorway spruce, Christmas treecone

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Gastrodes abietum (Spruce-cone Bug, Spruce Cone Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gastrodes abietum (Spruce-cone Bug, Spruce Cone Bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGastrodes abietum (Spruce-cone Bug, Spruce Cone Bug)
FamilyLYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs)
SuperfamilyLYGAEOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true 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 Gastrodes abietum (Spruce-cone Bug, Spruce Cone Bug)

Gastrodes abietum (Spruce-cone Bug, Spruce Cone Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hågvar, S. 2007 Why do some Psylloidea and Heteroptera occur regularly on snow? NJE Vol 54 (1): 3-9.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Gastrodes abietum (Spruce-cone Bug, Spruce Cone Bug):

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