Newsteadia floccosa (De Geer, 1778)
(Boreal Ensign Scale)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNewsteadia floccosa (Boreal Ensign Scale)
FamilyORTHEZIIDAE (ensign 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 Newsteadia floccosa (Boreal Ensign Scale) :
1: Newsteadia floccosa (Boreal Ensign Scale) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
4 May 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on log
Image 1: Scale bugs - magnifiedImage 2: Scale bugs - magnified (2)

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.

Newsteadia floccosa (Boreal Ensign Scale) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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