Australian Wildlife | Insects - Aphids, Cicadas, True Bugs | Cottony Cushion Scale

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  Scientific Name :Icera purchasi
  Reference Number : JS-133
  Common Name : Cottony Cushion Scale
  Description :

Order Hemiptera; Suborder Sternorrhyncha; Family Margarodidae; Alternative common name: Fluted Scale - Distribution in Australia: Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland & Tasmania - An Australian native species occurring naturally on genus Acacia, when accidentally introduced to the USA it abandoned its natural host and devastated California's citrus plantations.