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Icerya purchasi  Maskell, 1879
Taxonomic Serial No.: 200699

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Pericerya purchasi (Maskell, 1879)
  
    Icerya purchasi crawii Cockerell, 1897
  
    Icerya purchasi maskelli Cockerell, 1897
  
    Icerya purchasi citriperda Hempel, 1920
  
  Common Name(s): Australian fluted scale [English]
  
    Australische wollschildlaus
 
    citrus fluted scale [English]
  
    cochenille australienne [French]
  
    cochinilla acanalada de Australia [Spanish]
  
    conchuela acanalada de los cítricos [Spanish]
  
    cottony cushion scale [English]
  
    escama algodonosa [Spanish]
  
    escama australiana [Spanish]
  
    pulgao branco da laranjeira [Portuguese]
  
    white scale [English]
  
    cottony cushion scale
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyMonophlebidae Signoret, 1875  
                                           GenusIcerya Signoret, 1876 – cottony cushion scales  
                                              SpeciesIcerya purchasi Maskell, 1879 – Australian fluted scale, Australische wollschildlaus, citrus fluted scale, cochenille australienne, cochinilla acanalada de Australia, conchuela acanalada de los cítricos, cottony cushion scale, escama algodonosa, escama australiana, pulgao branco da laranjeira, white scale, cottony cushion scale  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Icerya purchasi   
       
  Source: ScaleNet, 2/2025, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
  Reference for: Icerya purchasi, Australian fluted scale [English], citrus fluted scale [English], cottony cushion scale [English], white scale [English], cochenille australienne [French], Australische wollschildlaus, pulgao branco da laranjeira [Portuguese], cochinilla acanalada de Australia [Spanish], conchuela acanalada de los cítricos [Spanish], escama algodonosa [Spanish], escama australiana [Spanish]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zimmerman, Elwood C.  
  Publication Date: 1948   
  Article/Chapter Title: Homoptera: Sternorhyncha   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Insects of Hawaii, vol. 5   
  Page(s): vii + 464   
  Publisher: University of Hawaii Press   
  Publication Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA   
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  Reference for: Icerya purchasi   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Caribbean  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Middle America  
    North America  
    Oceania  
    South America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Hawaii, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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