Pulvinaria acericola

Family: Coccidae | Genus: Pulvinaria

Hosts: Acer negundo / Acer rubrum / Acer saccharinum / Cornus florida / Ilex cornuta / Ilex crenata / Ilex opaca / Nyssa sylvatica / Persea borbonia / Sassafras albidum

Detachable: detachable

Color: brown, white, black

Texture: woolly

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Shape: globular

Season: Summer

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Location: lower leaf, between leaf veins

Form: non-gall, scale

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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.

ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics

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Pulvinaria acericola (Walsh & Riley, 1868)
cottony maple leaf scale

Lecanium acericola Walsh & Riley 1868
Pulvinaria innumerabilis acericola (Walsh & Riley, 1868); Cockerell 1896b: 329. change of combination and rank
Pulvinaria acericola (Walsh & Riley, 1868); Fernald 1903b: 128. change in status (level)

Hosts: Ilex cornuta, crenata, opaca; Picris; Cornus florida; Nyssa sylvatica; Persea borbonia; Sassafras albidum; Acer negundo, rubrum, saccharinum

Range: AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IN, IO, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV

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- García Morales M, Denno BD, Miller DR, Miller GL, Ben-Dov Y, Hardy NB: (2016) ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics^©

Reference: http://scalenet.info/catalogue/Pulvinaria%20acericola/

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