Circular scale
January 1, 1970
beneath is yellow and up to 1.7 mm long. The adult male is 0.7 mm long and has a single pair of wings. First-instar nymphs are 0.3 mm long and have legs, but [...] lower and central parts of mature trees. Circular scale prefers the leaves, but in high infestations it may spread to fruits, stems and trunks, and may cause [...] of leaves, premature leaf and fruit drop, and stem dieback. First signs of an infestation are dark-purple to reddish-brown or black spots with paler margins