Indian Wax Scale Ceroplastes ceriferus (Fabricius, 1798)Non-native    Synonyms: Japanese Wax Scale, Tortoise Scale.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hemiptera   >   Family Coccidae   >   Genus Ceroplastes   

Status:

Non-native species introduced from Asia.

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"...has well over 50 hosts, especially Japanese and Chinese hollies, pyracantha, spirea, ivy, hemlock, euonymus, and boxwood" (Bugwood Wiki).

There are 4 records in the project database.

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Indian Wax Scale in Prince George's Co., Maryland (12/5/2017). (c) Jeffrey W. Shultz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jeffrey W. Shultz. (MBP list)

Adult female Indian Wax Scales in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/1/1978). Photo by John Davidson. (MBP list)


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