Chionaspis etrusca Leonardi, 1908
tamarix scale
on Tamarix
© United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
parasite
Scales mainly on the wood. The exuvia of the previous generation are very eccentrical, in frontal position, the oldest on obliquely on the younger one.
host plants
Tamaricaceae, monophagous
Tamarix africana, aphylla, canariensis, gallica, parviflora.
The observations on Quercus by Masten Mikek ao probably are exceptional.
distribution within Europe
references
Blay Goicoechea (1992a), Gomez-Menor Guerrero (1967a), Gomez-Menor Ortega (1957a), Masten Milek, Seljak, Šimala ao (2016a), Mifsud, Mazzeo, Russo & Watson (2014a), Sánchez-García & Ben-Dov (2010a), ScaleNet (2018).