Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus, 1758)
fig wax scale
on shrubs
Smilax aspera, Turkey, near Yaniklar (Muğla) 7.vi.2022 © Cor Zonneveld
from the side
underside
top
© Jeffrey W. Lotz, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
parasite
Scales on the branches.
host plants
polyphagous
Acacia saligna; Albizia; Annona cherimola; Argyranthemum frutescens; Artemisia; Camellia japonica; Chamaerops humilis; Citrus limon, sinensis; Crataegus; Cydonia oblonga; Cyperus “communis”; Dimocarpus longan; Ficus carica, microcarpa, rubiginosa; Gossypium; Impatiens walleriana; Juncus acutus; Litchi chinensis; Mangifera indica; Morus; Myrtus communis; Nerium oleander; Olea europaea; Osyris alba; Pistacia lentiscus, terebinthus & subsp. palaestina vera; Pittosporum; Platanus orientalis; Populus; Prunus dulcis; Punica granatum; Pyrus communis; Rhododendron molle; Salix; Schinus molle; Smilax aspera; Strelitzia reginae; Vitis vinifera.
distribution within Europe
PESI (2021).
parasitoids, predators
references
Carnero Hernandez & Perez Guerra (1986a), Fetykó & Kozár (2012a), Gomez-Menor Ortega (1948a, 1960a), Hellrigl (2004a), Kozár, Paloukis & Papadopoulos (1991a), Łagowska, Golan, Kot ao (2015a), Masten-Milek, Seljak & Šimala (2006a), Masten Milek, Šimala & Markotić (2014a), Mifsud, Falzon, Malumphy, de Lillo, Vovlas & Porcelli (2012a), Mifsud, Mazzeo, Russo & Watson (2014a), Pellizzari, Porcelli, Seljak & Kozár (2011a), Pellizzari, Rainato & Stathas (2010a), Sakaltaş Ariyak & Tüzün (2014a), Şi̇şman & Ülgentürk (2010a), Szita, Fetykó, Konczné Benedicty, ao (2017a), Ülgentürk & Dokuyucu (2019a).