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Morphological Characteristics and Damage of the Jujube Turtle Wax Scale
The jujube turtle wax scale belongs to the order Homoptera, family Coccidae, and is also known as the Japanese turtle wax scale or jujube louse. The adult is pale red, with a body length of 0.9 mm, black compound eyes and whip-like antennae. The wings are white and transparent, with two main veins. The female is oval, resembling a turtle shell; the egg is oval, pale yellow at first and purplish red later; the nymph is oval and pale red, and in its early stage spreads by wind before soon settling on leaves to cause damage; the pupa, only the male pupates beneath the scale cover. The pupa is oval. The insect, as nymphs and female adults, fixes itself on branches, leaves and fruit to suck sap, and its excretions induce