Cinara confinis

Cinara confinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Cinara
Species:
C. confinis
Binomial name
Cinara confinis
(Koch, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Cinara ciliciea Ghosh, A.K., 1982
  • Todolachnus abieticola bulgarica Pintera, 1959
  • Cinara lasiocarpae (Gillette & Palmer, 1930)
  • Lachnus lasiocarpae Gillette & Palmer, 1930
  • Cinara vanduzei (Swain, 1919)
  • Panimerus vanduzei (Swain, 1919)
  • Lachnus vanduzei Swain, 1919
  • Lachniella cilicica Del Guercio, 1909
  • Panimerus cilicica (Del Guercio, 1909)
  • Lachniella cilicica ceccionii Del Guercio, 1909
  • Todolachnus abieticola (Cholodkovsky, 1899)
  • Cinara abieticola (Cholodkovsky, 1899)
  • Lachnus abieticola Cholodkovsky, 1899
  • Todolachnus confinis (Koch, 1856)
  • Lachnus confinis Koch, 1856
  • Cinara borealis

Cinara confinis, the black stem aphid, is a species of aphid in the genus Cinara, found feeding on the twigs of various species of fir (Abies) and on several other species of coniferous trees. This aphid has a Holarctic distribution and is known from Europe, Asia, North America and Argentina.