Beech scale
- French common name: Cochenille du hêtre
- Scientific name: Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Order: Homoptera
- Family: Eriococcidae
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Partial list of synonyms:
- cryptococcus fagi Douglas
- Cryptococcus fagi Baerensprung
Distribution
Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island
Canadian Forest Service Publications
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Photos
Scales covered with white woolly substance secreted by themselves
Thérèse Arcand
Scales in bark crevice
Thérèse Arcand
Scales in bark crevice
Thérèse Arcand
Trunk covered with white woolly substance secreted by scales
Claude Monnier
Scales covered with white woolly substance in bark crevices
Claude Monnier
Trunk covered with white woolly substance
Claude Monnier