Chionaspis salicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Willow Scale)

Interactions where Chionaspis salicis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
causes gall of live stem (young) Cytisus a genus of brooms Fabales: Fabaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus/Cytisusa genus of broomslivestem (young)
sucks sap of live stem Cytisus a genus of brooms Fabales: Fabaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cytisus/Cytisusa genus of broomslivestem
sucks sap of live stem Alnus glutinosa Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/Alnus glutinosaalderlivestem
sucks sap of live stem Fraxinus excelsior Ash Lamiales: Oleaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus excelsior/Fraxinus excelsiorashlivestem
sucks sap of live stem Ligustrum privets Lamiales: Oleaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Ligustrum/Ligustrumprivetslivestem
sucks sap of live stem Syringa vulgaris Lilac Lamiales: Oleaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Syringa vulgaris/Syringa vulgarislilaclivestem
sucks sap of live stem Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowslivestem
sucks sap of live stem Ceanothus California lilacs Rosales: Rhamnaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Ceanothus/CeanothusCalifornia lilacslivestem
sucks sap of live stem ULMACEAE elms Rosales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmaceaeelmslivestem

Interactions where Chionaspis salicis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
colony is parasitised by stroma Myriangium duriaei an ascomycete Myriangiales: Myriangiaceae Studies in Entomogenous Fungi. V. Myriangium, Petch, T., 1924
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Myriangiales/Myriangiaceae/Myriangium duriaei/Myriangium duriaeian ascomycetestroma Animal / parasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scalecolony stroma parasitises colony
may be infected by Cephalosporium anamorph UK/Ireland Lecanicillium lecanii an entomogenous fungus Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae Studies in Entomogenous Fungi VI. Cephalosporium and associated fungi., Petch, T., 1925
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Lecanicillium lecanii/Lecanicillium lecaniian entomogenous fungusCephalosporium anamorph Animal / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Cephalosporium anamorph infects
may be infected by Acrostalagmus anamorph UK/Ireland Lecanicillium lecanii an entomogenous fungus Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae Studies in Entomogenous Fungi VI. Cephalosporium and associated fungi., Petch, T., 1925
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Cordycipitaceae/Lecanicillium lecanii/Lecanicillium lecaniian entomogenous fungusAcrostalagmus anamorph Animal / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scale Acrostalagmus anamorph infects
may be infected by UK/IrelandRestricted Fusarium coccophila an anamorphic fungus Hypocreales: Nectriaceae Studies in Entomogenous Fungi. V. Myriangium, Petch, T., 1924
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Fusarium coccophila/Fusarium coccophilaan anamorphic fungus Animal / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Chionaspis salicis/Chionaspis saliciswillow scaleSole infects

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Petch, T., 1924Studies in Entomogenous Fungi. V. MyriangiumTBMS Vol 10 (1+2): 45-80.
Petch, T., 1925Studies in Entomogenous Fungi VI. Cephalosporium and associated fungi.TBMS Vol 10 (3): 152-182,IN1.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Chionaspis salicis (Willow Scale) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chionaspis salicis (Willow Scale) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChionaspis salicis (Willow Scale)
FamilyDIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chionaspis salicis (Willow Scale)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
O’Connor, J.P., Gertsson, C-A. & Malumphy, C. 2013 A review of the Irish scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) Irish Nat. J. Vol 32 (1): 32-44.

Chionaspis salicis (Willow Scale) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chionaspis salicis (Willow Scale):

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