Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Heliococcus bohemicus

Heliococcus bohemicus (Šulc,1912)

bohemian mealybug

on woody plants

parasite

Scales at the branches; does not form an ovisac, ovoviviparous.

host plants

polyphagous

Aesculus hippocastanum; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Platanus occidentalis; Vitis vinifera.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2023).

notes

A pest in viticulture, also as virus vector.

references

Hellrigl (2004a), Hoffmann (2002a), Kozár, Guignard, Bachmann ao (1994a), Łagowska & Golan (2002a), Linder & Kehrli (2021a), ScaleNet (2023), Schmutterer & Hoffmann (2003a).

Last modified 13.v.2023