Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti, 1866
(a genus of scale insects)

Pulvinaria (a genus of scale insects) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pulvinaria (a genus of scale insects) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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references
Pulvinaria floccifera
Cushion Scale, Cottony Camellia Scale
Species 13 trophisms 1 references
Pulvinaria hydrangeae
Hydrangea Scale, Hydrangea Scale Insect
Species 41 trophisms 1 references
Pulvinaria regalis
Horse-chestnut Scale
Species 16 trophisms 1 references
Pulvinaria vitis
Woolly Vine Scale Insect, Woolly Currant Scale Insect
Species 10 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPulvinaria (a genus of scale insects)
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 Pulvinaria (a genus of scale insects)

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.

Pulvinaria (a genus of scale insects) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pulvinaria (a genus of scale insects):

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