Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi (Vallot, 1829)
(Ice Plant Scale Insect)

Interactions where Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi 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 UK/IrelandRestricted Carpobrotus hottentot figs Caryophyllales: Aizoaceae 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/Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi/Pulvinariella mesembryanthemiice plant scale insect Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Aizoaceae/Carpobrotus/Carpobrotushottentot figsliveSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Salisbury, A. & Malumphy, C., 2017Changes in status and distribution of Hydrangea Scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in BritainBr. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 30: 145-153.

Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi (Ice Plant Scale Insect) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi (Ice Plant Scale Insect) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPulvinariella mesembryanthemi (Ice Plant Scale Insect)
FamilyCOCCIDAE (soft scales)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi (Ice Plant Scale Insect)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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.

Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi (Ice Plant Scale Insect) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi (Ice Plant Scale Insect):

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