Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood, 1870)

Cottony Camellia Scale, Woolly Camellia Scale, Woolly Maple Scale

Synonyms: Pulvinaria ochnaceae, Coccus flocciferus, Chloropulvinaria floccifera, Lecanium ochnaceae, Coccus ochnaceae, Chloropulvinaria ochnaceae

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Coccidae

Genus: Pulvinaria

Species: Pulvinaria floccifera

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Pulvinaria floccifera