Icerya purchasi
Cottony cushion scale at Cotter River, ACT
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| Icerya purchasi | MichaelBedingfield | 20 Dec 2016 | |
| Icerya purchasi | RogerF | 12 Dec 2016 | |
| Unverified | KenT | 12 Dec 2016 |
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User's notes
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.
1 comment
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.847833-35.396694
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Dec 2016 11:02 AM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Icerya purchasi Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects
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
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