Icerya purchasi Maskell, 1878
(Fluted Scale, Cottony Cushion Scale)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIcerya purchasi (Fluted Scale, Cottony Cushion Scale)
FamilyMONOPLEBIDAE (giant 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
Anon. 2010 An increasing range of invertebrate pests on Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) Plant Clinic News February: 1-2.
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.

Icerya purchasi (Fluted Scale, Cottony Cushion Scale) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Icerya purchasi (Fluted Scale, Cottony Cushion Scale)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Icerya purchasi (Fluted Scale, Cottony Cushion Scale)
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