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China Wax Scale Insect

Ericerus pela

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 3, February 4, March 3, April 3, May 0, June 1, July 0, August 1, September 1, October 0, November 1, December 0.
China17
Beijing Municipality7
South Korea4
South Chungcheong4
Jiangsu Province3
Japan2
Shandong Province2
Tokyo1
Hokkaido1
Guizhou Province1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilySoft scales · Coccidae
GenusEricerus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise China Wax Scale Insect with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.