Pulvinaria vitis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPulvinaria vitis (Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant 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
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.

Pulvinaria vitis (Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant 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 vitis (Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pulvinaria vitis (Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect)
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