Pulvinaria acericola

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Family: Coccidae | Genus: Pulvinaria -

Hosts: Acer negundo / Acer rubrum / Acer saccharinum / Cornus florida / Ilex cornuta / Ilex crenata / Ilex opaca / Nyssa sylvatica / Persea borbonia / Sassafras albidum

Detachable: Detachable

Color: brown, white, black

Texture: woolly

Abundance:

Shape: globular

Season: Summer

Alignment:

Walls:

Location: lower leaf, between leaf veins

Form: non-gall, scale

Cells:

Possible Range:

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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.

Further Information (2)

Gallformers ID Notes - Gallformers Contributors (2026)

License: Public Domain / CC0

ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics - García Morales M, Denno BD, Miller DR, Miller GL, Ben-Dov Y, Hardy NB (2016)