Elongate Hemlock Scale

Fiorinia externa

Fiorinia externa is a scale insect in the family Diaspididae.
Elongate Hemlock Scale - Fiorinia externa Found on eastern hemlock needles along with Adelges tsugae and Dynaspidiotus tsugae. I kept samples and took these photos with a microscope. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/114643/elongate_hemlock_scale_-_fiorinia_externa.html Elongate Hemlock Scale,Fiorinia,Fiorinia externa,Geotagged,United States,eastern hemlock scale,hemlock scale,scale,scale insect

Naming

Alternate name: Fiorinia scale, Abbreviated Name: EHS
Elongate Hemlock Scale (Fiorinia externa) Elongate scales on the undersides of hemlock needles Elongate Hemlock Scale,Fall,Fiorinia externa,Geotagged,United States

Distribution

Invasive scale in the USA, is native to Japan and China that is a pest of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) in the eastern United States.
Elongate Hemlock Scale - Fiorinia externa Found on eastern hemlock needles along with Adelges tsugae and Dynaspidiotus tsugae. I kept samples and took these photos with a microscope. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/114642/elongate_hemlock_scale_-_fiorinia_externa.html Elongate Hemlock Scale,Fiorinia externa,Geotagged,United States

Food

Hosts: Hemlock and fir are primary hosts. Spruce is also a common host. Several other conifers are secondary hosts, although these are usually infested only in the presence of heavy scale populations on primary hosts. Pines are not affected.

References:

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https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mfs/forest_health/insects/elongate_hemlock_scale.htm
https://wiki.bugwood.org/Fiorinia_externa
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyDiaspididae
GenusFiorinia
SpeciesFiorinia externa
Photographed in
United States of America