Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Nut Scale)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEulecanium tiliae (Nut Scale)
GenusEulecanium (a genus of soft scales)
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)
Records of Eulecanium tiliae (Nut Scale) :
1: Eulecanium tiliae (Nut Scale)
12 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on hybrid hawthorn
Image 1: Scale insects on hawthorn twigImage 2: Scale insects on hawthorn twig (2)Image 3: Scale insects on hawthorn twig (3)Image 4: Scale insect - three quarter viewImage 5: Eggs on underside of scale insectImage 6: Scale insect - side viewImage 7: Scale insect - side view (2)Image 8: Scale insects - side viewImage 9: Scale insect - three quarter viewImage 10: Scale insect - underside with eggs

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
O’Connor, J.P., Gertsson, C-A. & Malumphy, C. 2013 A review of the Irish scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) Irish Nat. J. Vol 32 (1): 32-44.

Eulecanium tiliae (Nut Scale) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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