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Forest Invasive Alien Species
www.exoticpests.gc.ca
Invasice Alien Species - Environment Canada
Insectes et maladies des forêts du Canada

Beech scale

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Scales covered with white woolly substance secreted by themselves
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Scales in bark crevice
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Trunk covered with white woolly substance secreted by scales
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Scales covered with white woolly substance in bark crevices
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Trunk covered with white woolly substance

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Taxonomy

Order
Homoptera
Family
Eriococcidae
Latin
Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger
French
Cochenille du hêtre
English
Beech scale
Synonym(s)
Cryptococcus fagi Baerensprung


Description

Distribution Map
Distribution Map
Main host(s)
American beech
Diet and feeding behavior
Phytophagous / Sap-feeding / Piercing-sucking
Micro-habitat(s)
Branch, Trunk
Distribution
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec

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