Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tuliptree scale being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Mesolecanium nigrofasciatum
- Parthenolecanium corni
- Parthenolecanium quercifex
- Neolecanium cornuparvum
- Eulecanium kunoense
- Paratachardina pseudolobata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Coccidae
- Genus
- Toumeyella
- Species
- Toumeyella liriodendri
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