[2] It is a quite large aphid species with a plump, dull brown body.

[3] Cinara pilicornis, which is attended by the honeydew-collecting ants Formica polyctena,[4] is seldom attacked by the parasitoid wasp Pauesia pini.

[2] Cinara pilicornis produces the trisaccharide melezitose.

Citronellol, cis–trans-nepetalactone and cis–trans-nepetalactol are stress-induced compounds released by the host plant.

[6] This article related to members of the insect family Aphididae is a stub.