Balanococcus kwoni Pellizzari & Danzig, 2007
on bamboo
parasite
Scales ar the stems, producing much wax. Adult females elongate-oval, dark red, covered with fine, white, mealy wax. They lay dark-red eggs in a white waxy ovisac.
host plants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Fargesia nitida; Pharus; Phyllostachys bambusoides, nigra, vivax; Pleioblastus fortunei, linearis; Pseudosasa japonica; Thamnocalamus spathiflorus.
distribution within Europe
PESI (2023).
references
Malumphy & Badmin (2012a), Pellizzari & Danzig (2007a), ScaleNet (2023), Ülgentürk, Porcelli & Pellizzari (2014a).