Elatobium abietinum
| Elatobium abietinum | |
|---|---|
| Green spruce aphids on Sitka spruce foliage, Scotland | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Aphididae |
| Genus: | Elatobium |
| Species: | E. abietinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Elatobium abietinum (Walker, 1849)
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Elatobium abietinum, commonly known as the green spruce aphid, or spruce aphid is a species of aphid in the subfamily Aphidinae that feeds on spruce (Picea spp.), and occasionally fir (Abies spp.). It is native to northern, central and eastern Europe and has spread to western Europe, North America and elsewhere.