Aulacaspis rosae (Bouché,1833)

rose scale

on Rosa, Rubus

Aulacaspis rosae female scales

female scales (circular) and males ones (much smaller, oval) © The Food and Environment Research Agency, from Malumphy & Kahrer (2011a)

parasite

Females up to 2 mm, flat, whitish.

hostplants

Rosaceae, oligophagous

Fragaria; Rosa canina, centifolia, gallica, glauca, marginata, micrantha, rugosa, spinosissima, subcanina, tomentosa; Rubus caesius, fruticosus, pedemontanus, sanctus, ulmifolius.

Also reported from ; Aeonium; Hedera helix; Myrtus communis.

parasitoids, predators

Lestodiplosis aulacaspidis; Pteroptrix macropedicellata.

references

Blay Goicoechea (1992a), Bugila (2006a), Carnero Hernandez & Perez Guerra (1986a), Ćwierzyk & Dziedzicka (1987a), Dziedzicka (1988a), Gomez-Menor Guerrero (1967a), Gómez-Menor Ortega (1957a, 1960a, 1965a), Hellrigl (2004a), Hoffmann (2002a), Jansen (1999b), Kozár, Guignard, Bachmann ao (1994a), Kozár & Ostafichuk (1987a), Kozár, Paloukis & Papadopoulos (1991a), Łagowska & Golan (2002a), Łagowska, Golan, Kot ao (2015a), Malumphy, Ostrauskas & Pye (2008a), Malumphy & Kahrer (2011a), Masten Milek, Šimala & Novak (2008a), Podsiadło (2006a), ScaleNet (2018), Schmutterer & Hoffmann (2003a), Seljak (2010a), Skuhravá & Skuhravý (2021a: 332), Szita, Fetykó, Konczné Benedicty, ao (2017a).