Pulvinaria regalis Canard, 1968
(Horse-chestnut Scale)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPulvinaria regalis (Horse-chestnut Scale)
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)
Records of Pulvinaria regalis (Horse-chestnut Scale) :
1: Pulvinaria regalis (Horse-chestnut Scale)
17 May 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Sycamore trunk
Image 1: Scales - in situImage 2: Scales - in situ - close-upImage 3: Scales - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Scales - in situ - close-up - enlarged (2)
2: Pulvinaria regalis (Horse-chestnut Scale)
17 May 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Lime trunk
Image 1: Scales - in situImage 2: Scales - in situ (2)Image 3: Scales - in situ (3)
3: Pulvinaria regalis (Horse-chestnut Scale)
28 May 1999 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Sycamore trunks
Image 1: Eggs - close-upImage 2: FemaleImage 3: Female (2)Image 4: Female (3)Image 5: Female (4)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Forest Research 2006 Path News Issue 13: October 2006

Pulvinaria regalis (Horse-chestnut Scale) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pulvinaria regalis (Horse-chestnut Scale)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 16 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pulvinaria regalis (Horse-chestnut Scale)
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