Gastrodes grossipes explained

Gastrodes grossipes, the pine cone bug, is a true bug found in most of Europe except in the far north.^[1] To the east, the distribution area extends over Asia minor and the Caucasus, and then across the Palearctic to Siberia. The food plant is Scots pine.^[2]

External links

• • British Bugs

Notes and References

1. Feci . E. . Battisti . A. . Capretti . P. . Tegli . S. . December 2003 . An association between the fungus Sphaeropsis sapinea and the cone bug Gastrodes grossipes in cones of Pinus nigra in Italy . Forest Pathology . en . 32 . 4-5 . 241–247 . 10.1046/j.1439-0329.2002.00286.x . 1437-4781.
2. Web site: 2022-01-07 . Gastrodes grossipes . 2024-01-03 . CABI Compendium.