Eulecanium excrescens (Ferris, 1920)
(Wisteria Scale)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEulecanium excrescens (Wisteria Scale)
GenusEulecanium (a genus of soft scales)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Malumphy, C.P. 2005 Eulecanium excrescens (Ferris) (Hemiptera: Coccidae), an Asian pest of woody ornamentals and fruit trees, new to Britain Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 18: 45-49.

Eulecanium excrescens (Wisteria Scale) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eulecanium excrescens (Wisteria Scale)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eulecanium excrescens (Wisteria Scale)

A large (10-12mm) scale insect recently found in London on Wisteria and Prunus, but it may spread to other hosts.

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