Forest Invasive Alien Species
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Beech scale
Scales covered with white woolly substance secreted by themselves
Scales in bark crevice
Trunk covered with white woolly substance secreted by scales
Scales covered with white woolly substance in bark crevices
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
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