European Fruit Lecanium - Parthenolecanium corni
Adult females variable in shape, size and colour; usually oval, strongly convex, brown; up to 6.5 mm long, but are often smaller.
On the branches of various woody plants. It is broadly polyphagous and is an important pest of orchard, ornamental and forestry trees.
Active all year.
This species is locally common throughout Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
16 August 2015
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
16 August 2015
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
10 February 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- European Fruit Lecanium
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Coccidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 16/08/2015 (Nightingale, Kate)
- Last record:
- 24/11/2017 (Nightingale, Kate)
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Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
16 August 2015
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
10 February 2016
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