Discodiaspis salicorniae (Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1928)
on Amaranthaceae, etc.
female scale (at left like it is half-concealed under the plant’s epidermis; from Gomez-Menor Ortega, 1965a)
parasite
Female scale light grey, oval, convex with an eccentric apex and a flat seam. Mainly in bark fissures and on the lower branches.
host plants
polyphagous
Arthrocnemum macrostachyum; Atriplex glauca; Euphorbia triflora; Halimione portulacoides; Sarcocornia fruticosa; Suaeda maritima, vera; Thymelaea hirsuta.
distribution within Europe
references
Blay Goicoechea (1992a), Gómez-Menor Ortega (1948a, 1957a, 1965a), Kaydan, Kozár & Erkılıç (2014a), Kozár, Paloukis & Papadopoulos (1991a), ScaleNet (2023).