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horse chestnut scale

Pulvinaria regalis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Coccidae

Pulvinaria regalis is a species of scale insect in the family Coccidae. Although it is commonly known as the horse chestnut scale, it affects other trees besides horse chestnuts as well as many species of woody shrubs. Adults are normally all female and produce eggs by parthenogenesis.

Distribution

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United Kingdom · 76Netherlands · 54Germany · 40Belgium · 25France · 1