Pulvinaria hydrangeae Steinweden, 1946
(Hydrangea Scale, Hydrangea Scale Insect)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPulvinaria hydrangeae (Hydrangea Scale, Hydrangea Scale Insect)
GenusPulvinaria (a genus of scale insects)
FamilyCOCCIDAE (soft scales)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C. 2017 Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 30: 145-153.

Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hydrangea Scale, Hydrangea Scale Insect) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hydrangea Scale, Hydrangea Scale Insect)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 41 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hydrangea Scale, Hydrangea Scale Insect)
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