Pulvinaria vitis (Linnaeus)
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Factsheets
- Aphenochiton inconspicuus
- Aphenochiton kamahi
- Aphenochiton pronus
- Aphenochiton pubens
- Aphenochiton subtilis
- Ceroplastes destructor
- Ceroplastes sinensis
- Coccus hesperidum
- Coccus longulus
- Crystallotesta fagi
- Crystallotesta leptospermi
- Crystallotesta neofagi
- Crystallotesta ornata
- Crystallotesta ornatella
- Ctenochiton chelyon
- Ctenochiton paraviridis
- Ctenochiton toru
- Ctenochiton viridis
- Epelidochiton piperis
- Inglisia patella
- Kalasiris depressa
- Kalasiris perforata
- Lecanochiton actites
- Lecanochiton metrosideri
- Lecanochiton scutellaris
- Parasaissetia nigra
- Parthenolacanium corni
- Plumichiton diadema
- Plumichiton elaeocarpi
- Plumichiton flavus
- Plumichiton nikau
- Plumichiton pollicinus
- Poropeza dacrydii
- Pounamococcus cuneatus
- Pulvinaria hydrangeae
- Pulvinaria mesembryanthemi
- Pulvinaria vitis
- Saissetia coffeae
- Saissetia oleae
- Umbonichiton adelus
- Umbonichiton bullatus
- Umbonichiton hymenantherae
- Umbonichiton pellaspis
![[Pulvinaria vitis]. L: young adult female. R: mature female with eggsac (white and fluffy). As the eggs are laid into the soft wax, the female's body is lifted up until it is about at right angles to the branch.](/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Biodiversity/Plants-fungi-arthropods-bacteria/Invertebrate-Systematics/scale-insects/Pulvinaria_vitis.jpg "[Pulvinaria vitis]. L: young adult female. R: mature female with eggsac (white and fluffy). As the eggs are laid into the soft wax, the female's body is lifted up until it is about at right angles to the branch.")
[Pulvinaria vitis]. L: young adult female. R: mature female with eggsac (white and fluffy). As the eggs are laid into the soft wax, the female's body is lifted up until it is about at right angles to the branch.
Linnaeus named this species vitis in 1758, presumably because it was found on grapevines.
Status in New Zealand: an exotic (adventive) species, first recorded here in 1951. Cottony vine scale is of little economic importance although sporadically a nuisance in apricot and peach orchards in the South Island. Not found on native plants.
Biology: one generation per year in New Zealand, overwintering on the twigs as immature females. The new generation is produced through summer.
Found on the stems and underside of leaves of:
Populus ?nigra hybrid [poplar shelter tree], Prunus armeniaca [apricot], Prunus persicae [peach], Pyrus communis [pear], Ribes nigrum [blackcurrant], Vitis vinifera [grapevine].