Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti, 1866
(a genus of scale insects)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Pulvinaria floccifera
Cushion Scale, Cottony Camellia Scale
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 		Species 12 images 1 ident. refs
Pulvinaria hydrangeae
Hydrangea Scale, Hydrangea Scale Insect
Species 1 ident. refs
Pulvinaria regalis
Horse-chestnut Scale
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 		Species 12 images 1 ident. refs
Pulvinaria vitis
Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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 (a genus of scale insects) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pulvinaria (a genus of scale insects)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 80 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pulvinaria (a genus of scale insects)
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