Lagowska, B. 2020 A new record of Pulvinaria hydrangeae Steinweden, 1946 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), a potentially damaging scale insect in Poland. Polish Journal of Entomology 89(4): 200–206

Keywords:

  • diagnosis
  • distribution
  • host
  • key
  • life cycle
  • Notes: Basic diagnostic information on this scale, as well as information on its life cycle, host range and distribution are provided. Pulvinaria hydrangeae resembles the cosmopolitan P. floccifera (Westwood, 1870), and the main characteristics that distinguish these two species from each other are discussed. A key to adult females of the Pulvinaria species found outdoors in Poland is also included.