Zviri mukati
Order Hemiptera (Homoptera), mhuri Cupids, tupukanana, mealybugs. Iyo inonyanya kuzivikanwa ndeye plum mite, apple mite, olive beetle, pteridophytoneum, uye greenhouse mealybug. Tsanangudzo yezvipembenene. Izvi zvipembenene zviduku zvine chimiro chemuviri chakasiyana-siyana. Madzimai anogara asina mapapiro, akakura kudarika varume, ane muviri wakafanana nehonye, kazhinji wakafukidzwa newaxy coating. Zvichienderana nechitarisiko chavo, midges yakakamurwa kuva mhuri nhatu: mealybugs (muviri wakapfava wakafukidzwa newaxy, fluffy coating); cup-shaped (body convex, isina kana kuvharwa newaxy coating); scutes (yakafukidzwa nenhovo isina kubatanidzwa nemuviri).
Zviratidzo
Kukuvadza kwezvipembenene kuri mukuti ivo vanosveta jisi kubva muchirimwa uye "vanotapurira" zvirimwa nekuvanzika kunokonzera kukura kunonoka, necrosis uye kufa kwepfuti. Honeydew yakavanzwa ne midges yakanaka chaizvo "chikafu" chehuchi fungi, iyo inodzivirira chirimwa kubva pakugaya. Mashizha nenhungirwa zvinofukidzwa neblack coating (soot).
Host zvinomera
Deciduous uye coniferous miti nemakwenzi, miti yemichero nemakwenzi, zvinoshongedzwa uye zvinomera zvehari.