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Wooly scale-like insects upon Camellia - Fiorinia theae - female
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Wooly scale-like insects upon Camellia - Fiorinia theae - Female
Clarke County, Mississippi, USA
Size: Magnified 20X
These tiny scale-like insects produce a white, woolly fiber upon the under surface of Camellia leaves. Does anyone know the genus-species of these insects?
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Contributed by MIG on 29 October, 2008 - 3:14pm
Last updated 29 October, 2011 - 8:31am

Moved
Moved from Scales and Mealybugs.
… v belov, 6 April, 2011 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

Diaspididae, Female Fiorinia
Diaspididae, Female Fiorinia theae, the tea scale, common on camellia
… Ian Stocks, 6 April, 2011 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Moving to Coccoidea for now...
Hopefully someone knowledgeable about scales will find it there sooner or later.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 December, 2008 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

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