European fruit lecanium (Brown apricot scale)
Insect
European fruit lecanium (Brown apricot scale)
Parthenolecanium corni (Bouché)
Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccidae
Distribution: Most fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America.
Photos
Adult females are nearly hemispherical and shiny brown with several ridges along the back.
NY State Ag Experiment Station
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The adult female scale is nearly hemispherical and shiny brown, with several ridges along the back (A, arrow). Nymphs (crawlers) are light colored.