Carulaspis juniperi (Bouché, 1851)
juniper scale
on Juniperus etc.
Juniperus communis, Hungary, Budapest, 26.v.2015 © László Érsek
21.viii.2015; female scale
detail
female larvae
Thuja spec., Hongarije, Mosonmagyaróvár, 21.viii.2015 © László Érsek
3.vii.2017; female larvae
male test
parasite
One generation; hibernation as fertilised female on the needles.
host plants
Cupressaceae, Taxaceae, constrained polyphagous
Cedrus atlantica, libani; Chamaecyparis; Cupressus arizonica, sempervirens; Juniperus chinensis, communis, excelsa, oxycedrus & subsp. macrocarpa, sabina, thurifera, virginiana; Platycladus orientalis; Sequoia; Sequoiadendron giganteum; Taxodium distichum; Taxus baccata; Tetraclinis articulata; Thuja occidentalis, plicata.
Also found on Pyrus communis.
distribution within Europe
notes
Often confused with Carulaspis visci, that however is confined to mistletoe.
references
Akkuzu, Arslangündoğdu & Selmi (2006a), Blay Goicoechea (1992a), Bugila (2006a), Ćwierzyk & Dziedzicka (1987a), Dziedzicka (1988a), Fetykó (2014a), Garcia (1998a), Gertsson (2016a), Goidanich (1961a), Graora, Spasić & Čkrkić (2010a) Hellrigl (2004a), Jansen (1999b), Kozár, Guignard, Bachmann ao (1994a), Mifsud, Mazzeo, Russo & Watson (2014a), Malumphy & Kahrer (2011a), Podsiadło (2006a), ScaleNet (2018), Schmutterer & Hoffmann (2003a), Seljak (2010a), Soria, del Estal & Viñuela (1996a), Ülgentürk, Çanakçioğlu & Kaygin (2004a), Ülgentürk, Özdemir, Muştu, ao (2019a).