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<abstract xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep2/data/2.0">The European fruit lecanium (EFL), Parthenolecanium corni Bouche´ (Hemiptera:&#13;
Coccoidea), is a common and harmful soft scale, which attacks Fraxinus oxycarpa&#13;
Willd. and other ornamental and orchard plants in Tbilisi, Georgia. This study&#13;
investigates the phenology, degree of plant damage and effect of parasitoids on&#13;
this scale in Tbilisi, a densely populated area. We present data on the 32 species of&#13;
chalcidoid parasitoids recorded from EFL in Georgia and south-eastern Europe.&#13;
The scale is heavily parasitized in Tbilisi, but we did not find any variation in&#13;
seasonal abundance. The most common parasitoid of EFL was Blastothrix&#13;
longipennis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae).</abstract>
