Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Ceroplastes rusci

Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus, 1758)

fig wax scale

on shrubs

Ceroplastes rusci on Smilax aspera

Smilax aspera, Turkey, near Yaniklar (Muğla) 7.vi.2022 © Cor Zonneveld

Ceroplastes rusci on Smilax aspera

from the side

Ceroplastes rusci on Smilax aspera

underside

Ceroplastes rusci on Smilax aspera

top

fig wax scale

© 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

Aprostocetus toddaliae.

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).

Last modified 27.i.2023