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
Calocedrus decurrens; Cedrus atlantica, libani; Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; Cupressus arizonica, x leylandii, nootkatensis, sempervirens; Juniperus chinensis, communis, excelsa, oxycedrus & subsp. macrocarpa, rigida, sabina, squamata, 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
Virtually indistinguishable (only separable under high magnification) from Carulaspis minima, which largely lives on the same range of host species. Also, often confused with C. visci, that species however is confined to mistletoe.
references
Akkuzu, Arslangündoğdu & Selmi (2006a), Blay Goicoechea (1992a), Bugila (2006a), Çalişkan Keçe & Ulusoy (2017a), 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), Szita, Fetykó, Konczné Benedicty, ao (2017a), Ülgentürk, Çanakçioğlu & Kaygin (2004a), Ülgentürk, Özdemir, Muştu, ao (2019a), Ward (0000a).