Ceroplastes sinensis del Guercio, 1900

chinese wax scale, hard wax scale

on shrubs

Ceroplastes sinensis on Citrus limon

Citrus limon © United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs , USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org (the small “stars” are young specimens)

parasite

Scales on the branches.

host plants

polyphagous

Aralia; Cascabela thevetia; Citrus limon, sinensis; Dimocarpus longan; Ficus carica; Mangifera indica; Melissa officinalis; Myrtus communis; Persea americana; Prunus dulcis; Schinus molle.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

references

Carnero Hernandez & Perez Guerra (1986a), Fetykó & Kozár (2012a), Mifsud, Mazzeo, Russo & Watson (2014a), Pellizzari, Porcelli, Seljak & Kozár (2011a), Şi̇şman & Ülgentürk (2010a), Stathas, Kavallieratos & Eliopoulos (2003a).