Sphaerolecanium prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834)
globose scale, plum lecanium
mainly on Prunus
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
Malus, Prunus armeniaca, cerasifera, domestica & subsp. insititia, persica, serrulata, spinosa.
But also Ficus carica; Flueggea tinctoria.
distribution within Europe
references
Sakaltaş Ariyak & Tüzün (2014a), Ćwierzyk & Dziedzicka (1987a), Dziedzicka (1988a), Gomez-Menor Ortega (1960a), Hoffmann (2002a), Japoshvili & Karaca (2002a), Karaca, Japoshvili & Demirozer (2003a), Koteja & Żak-Ogaza (1966a), Kozár, Guignard, Bachmann ao (1994a), Kozár & Ostafichuk (1987a), Malumphy & Andersen (2016a), Pellizzari, Porcelli, Seljak & Kozár (2011a), ScaleNet (2018), Schmutterer & Hoffmann (2003a), Seljak (2010a), Ülgentürk (2001a), Ülgentürk & Toros (1999a), Żak-Ogaza & Koteja (1964a).