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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Scales and Mealybugs (Coccoidea) » Felt Scales (Eriococcidae) » Acanthococcus » Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae)

Species Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae - Crape Myrtle Bark Scale

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Eggs of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) - Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae Nymph of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) - Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae Male Prepupae and Male Pupae of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) - Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae - male Male of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) - Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae - male Female of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) - Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae - female Female of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (Eriococcus lagerstroemiae) - Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Coccoidea (Scales and Mealybugs)
Family Eriococcidae (Felt Scales)
Genus Acanthococcus
Species lagerstroemiae (Crape Myrtle Bark Scale)
Range
Southern states. It keeps spreading.
Food
The introduced ornamental plant, crape myrtle
Life Cycle
The female lays eggs from May to September and then dies. First instar nymphs have legs and are mobile. There may be 2 to 3 generations a year
Remarks
Introduced from Asia. Found in Texas in 2004. It keeps spreading through southern states. It has become a serious pest of crape myrtle.
Internet References
U. Mass.
TAMU
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 24 October, 2016 - 1:12pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 31 October, 2019 - 7:04am

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