Kuwanaspis howardi (Cooley, 1898)

bamboo white scale

on bamboo

parasite

Scales encrusting the stem.

host plants

Poaceae, oligophagous

Arundinaria; Bambusa; Fargesia; Phragmites; Phyllostachys aurea, bambusoides, edulis, nigra.

distribution within Europe

Asiatic species, reported from the UK.

references

Malumphy & Salisbury (2016b), ScaleNet (2023).