Lepidosaphes ulmi

TaxID: 1230922

Basic Information

Lepidosaphes ulmi

Apple Oystershell Scale, Mussel Scale

Lepidosaphes ulmi also known as apple mussel scale or oystershell scale is a widely invasive scale insect that is a pest of trees and woody plants. The small insects attach themselves to bark and cause injury by sucking the tree's sap; this metabolic drain on the plant may kill a branch or the entire tree.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Diaspididae

Lepidosaphes

ulmi

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Lepidosaphes ulmi
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Lepidosaphes ulmi
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(c) A. Steven Munson@BY
Lepidosaphes ulmi
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(c) Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина@BY-NC
Lepidosaphes ulmi
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(c) James Bailey@BY-NC
Lepidosaphes ulmi
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(c) davidenrique@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (13 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
China Quarantine pests 2021
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Guatemala Absent —
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
Myanmar Quarantine pests —
Malaysia Quarantine pests —
Nicaragua Absent —
Nepal Quarantine pests —
Oman Absent —
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Distribution (24 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Belgium Present —
Belarus Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
Chile Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Spain Present —
Estonia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature