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

Interactions where Pulvinaria vitis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		sucks sap of live stem			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain, Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/	Pulvinaria vitis	woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		live	stem		Major
		sucks sap of live stem			Alnus glutinosa	Alder	Fagales: Betulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/	Pulvinaria vitis	woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/	Alnus glutinosa	alder		live	stem				(5-6)
		sucks sap of live stem			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain, Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/	Pulvinaria vitis	woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		live	stem		Major		(5-6)
		sucks sap of live stem			Populus	poplars	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain, Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/	Pulvinaria vitis	woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/	Populus	poplars		live	stem		Major
		sucks sap of live stem			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/	Pulvinaria vitis	woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		live	stem				(5-6)
		sucks sap of live stem			Cotoneaster	cotoneasters	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/	Pulvinaria vitis	woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Cotoneaster/	Cotoneaster	cotoneasters		live	stem				(5-6)
		sucks sap of live stem			Crataegus	hawthorns	Rosales: Rosaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain, Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/	Pulvinaria vitis	woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns		live	stem		Major		(5-6)
		sucks sap of live stem			Sorbus	whitebeams	Rosales: Rosaceae	Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain, Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/	Pulvinaria vitis	woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Sorbus/	Sorbus	whitebeams		live	stem		Major
		sucks sap of live stem			Ribes	currants and gooseberry	Saxifragales: Grossulariaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain, Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/	Pulvinaria vitis	woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Grossulariaceae/Ribes/	Ribes	currants and gooseberry		live	stem		Major		(5-6)
		sucks sap of live stem			Vitis	vines	Vitales: Vitaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain, Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Pulvinaria vitis/	Pulvinaria vitis	woolly vine scale insect, woolly currant scale insect					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Vitales/Vitaceae/Vitis/	Vitis	vines		live	stem		Major		(5-6)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017	Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 30: 145-153.

Pulvinaria vitis (Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

INSECTA
(true insects)

Pulvinaria vitis (Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pulvinaria vitis (Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect)
Genus	Pulvinaria (a genus of scale insects)
Family	COCCIDAE (soft scales)
Superfamily	COCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
Suborder	STERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pulvinaria vitis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pulvinaria vitis (Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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:

Pulvinaria
(a genus of scale insects)

COCCIDAE
(soft scales)

COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pulvinaria vitis (Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect):

Pulvinaria
(a genus of scale insects)

COCCIDAE
(soft scales)

COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

STERNORRHYNCHA
(a suborder of bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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