Lepidosaphes conchiformis (Gmelin, 1790)
mediterranean fig scale
on trees and shrubs
Ficus spec. © United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
parasite
Scales on the stem and the branches.
host plants
polyphagous
Alnus rubra; Celtis australis; Citrus aurantium; Eriobotrya japonica; Ficus carica; Juglans regia; Rhamnus; Syringa vulgaris; Ulmus minor.
phenology
Bivoltine; hibernation as mature female.
distribution within Europe
synonyms
Lepidosaphes minima (Newstead, 1897).
references
Blay Goicoechea (1992a), Çalişkan Keçe & Ulusoy (2017a), Hellrigl (2004a), Kozár, Guignard, Bachmann ao (1994a), Mifsud, Falzon, Malumphy ao (2012a), Mifsud, Mazzeo, Russo & Watson (2014a), ScaleNet (2018), Seljak (2010a), Şi̇şman & Ülgentürk (2010a).