Bug FAQEuropean Fruit Scale
Parthenolecanium corni · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Coccidae
Also called: European fruit lecanium scale, brown apricot scale, brown scale
Source: Wikipedia
Parthenolecanium corni is a soft-scale insect in the family Coccidae. The bug can transmit Grapevine virus A from one plant to another.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Parthenolecanium corni belongs to the soft-scale family Coccidae in the order Hemiptera.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
The insect is capable of transmitting Grapevine virus A among plants.
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What it eats
It can carry and spread Grapevine virus A between plants.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 18 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Mississippi, California, Virginia, Texas, Kansas, Maryland, Indiana, Louisiana.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: introduced in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
Can the European fruit scale spread disease to grapevines?
Yes, it can transmit Grapevine virus A from one plant to another.
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What kind of insect is Parthenolecanium corni?
It is a soft-scale insect in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Coccidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenolecanium_corni
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