Description:
The adult female is wingless, legless and has an elongated, broadly mussel shaped, whitish to brown scale-like cover, 1mm, firmly attached to the surface. Not a pest of economic importance.
Symptoms:
Leaves: Presence of scales on the leaves, reduction of photosynthetic activity
Fruits: Speckled unmarketable fruits
Hosts: Olive tree
Taxonomy:
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Hemiptera |
| Family | Diaspididae |
| Genus | Leucaspis |
| Species | riccae |
References:
ŞİŞMAN S. & ÜLGENTÜRK S. (2010). Scale insects species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Turk J Zool. 34, 219-224
Παναγόπουλος Χ.Γ. (2007) Ασθένειες καρποφόρων δένδρων και αμπέλου, εκδόσεις Σταμούλη, Αθήνα