🦋 Family

Eriococcidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hemiptera › Eriococcidae

Cryptococcus fagisuga (beech scale) is a parthenogenetic insect that spreads beech bark disease across Europe and North America.

Eriococcus coriaceus, commonly called blue gum scale, is a scale insect that mostly lives on Eucalyptus species.

Tectococcus ovatus, the Brazilian Scale, is a host-specific scale insect studied as a strawberry guava biocontrol agent in Florida and Hawaii.

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