Icerya purchasi

Cottony cushion scale at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Icerya purchasi	20 Dec 2016	MichaelBedingfield
Icerya purchasi	12 Dec 2016	RogerF
Unverified	12 Dec 2016	KenT

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Photographed on an Exocarpos, perhaps Nipaecoccus exocarpi as it doesn't seem to match illustrations I could find for the other species listed in DJ Williams 1985 'Australian mealybugs' but I didn't disturb it so it is hard to tell.

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KenT wrote:

13 Dec 2016

Thanks Roger, I couldn't find any records for this species on Exocarpos so didn't consider it. However, it seems this has become a pest species on many plant species all over the world so so I shouldn't be surprised Exocarpos turns up as a host.

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1 Abundance
1 Dec 2016 11:02 AM Recorded on
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Insects Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Icerya purchasi Scientific name
Cottony cushion scale Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 778m Recorded at altitude
74 images trained Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

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South Australia

Victoria

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