AuthorO’Connor, J.P., Gertsson, C-A. & Malumphy, C.
Year2013
TitleA review of the Irish scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)
TypePaper
How CompleteSpecies recorded from Northern and Southern Ireland.
SourceIrish Nat. J. Vol 32 (1): 32-44.
IllustrationsColour photographs
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Short notes on every species recorded from Ireland. Several species are illustrated.

Includes indoor, garden and glasshouse species as well as species in the wider environment, but not customs interceptions.

A reprint can be downloaded from Academia.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identification, Colour photographCurrentAsterodiaspis variolosaGolden Pit ScaleAnimalia: Hemiptera: Asterolecaniidae
For identification, Colour photographCurrentEulecanium tiliaeNut ScaleAnimalia: Hemiptera: Coccidae
For identification, Colour photographCurrentLepidosaphes ulmiMussel ScaleAnimalia: Hemiptera: Coccidae
For identification, Colour photographCurrentPulvinaria vitisWoolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale InsectAnimalia: Hemiptera: Coccidae
For identification, Colour photographCurrentChionaspis salicisWillow ScaleAnimalia: Hemiptera: Diaspididae
For identification, Colour photographCurrentEriococcus devoniensisa scale bugAnimalia: Hemiptera: Eriococcidae
For identification, Colour photographCurrentNewsteadia floccosaBoreal Ensign ScaleAnimalia: Hemiptera: Ortheziidae
For identification, Colour photographCurrentPhenacoccus acerisPolyphagous Tree MealybugAnimalia: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae
CurrentCOCCOIDEAscale insects, coccidsAnimalia: Hemiptera
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