Sphaerolecanium prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834)
globose scale, plum lecanium
Prunus, etc.
female scales and, at right, a male scale (from Gomez-Menor Ortega, 1960a)
parasite
Scales on the young branches. Female scales almost globular, from young yellow to blackish purple.
host plants
Rosaceae, ± monophagous
Cydonia oblonga; Malus domestica, Prunus armeniaca, avium, cerasifera, domestica & subsp. insititia, dulcis, persica, serrulata, spinosa; Pyrus communis.
But also Ficus carica; Flueggea tinctoria; Rhamnus lycioides.
distribution within Europe
references
Bolu (2021a), Cebeci̇ & Selmi̇ (2004a), Ćwierzyk & Dziedzicka (1987a), Đurović & Ülgentürk (2021a), Dziedzicka (1988a), Gomez-Menor Ortega (1960a, 1967a), Hoffmann (2002a), Japoshvili & Karaca (2002a), Karaca, Japoshvili & Demirozer (2003a), Kaydan, Ülgentürk & Erkiliç (2013a), Köhler (2009b), Köhler & Eisenschmidt (2005a), Koteja & Żak-Ogaza (1966a), Kozár, Guignard, Bachmann ao (1994a), Kozár & Ostafichuk (1987a), Kozár, Paloukis & Papadopoulos (1991a), Malumphy & Andersen (2016a), Pellizzari, Porcelli, Seljak & Kozár (2011a), Sakaltaş Ariyak & Tüzün (2014a), ScaleNet (2018), Schmutterer & Hoffmann (2003a), Seljak (2010a), Trencheva, Trenchev, Tomov, ao (2012a), Ülgentürk (2001a), Ülgentürk & Toros (1999a), Żak-Ogaza & Koteja (1964a).