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Dawn Dailey O'Brien, Cornell University, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5458352

cottony camellia scale (Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood)) (Westwood)

Photographer:
Dawn Dailey O'Brien
Organization:
Cornell University
Descriptor:
Multiple Life Stages
Gender:
Female
Description:
Females (brown) with eggs (cottony white).
Image type:
Field
Host:
yew (Taxus spp. L.)

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Image location:
, Long Island

Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Coccidae
Subfamily: Coccinae
Tribe: Pulvinariini
Genus: Pulvinaria
Subject: Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood)

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Coniferophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Taxales
Family: Taxaceae
Genus: Taxus
Subject: Taxus spp. L.
Node Affiliation:
Cornell University
Image uploaded:
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Image last updated:
Friday, February 3, 2012