Pseudaulacaspis pentagona, the white peach scale or mulberry scale, is a species of armoured scale insect in the family Diaspididae. This scale infests over 100 different genera of plants including many fruit trees and ornamentals.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of White Peach 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
- Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae
- Lopholeucaspis japonica
- Lepidosaphes ulmi
- Eriosoma lanigerum
- Chionaspis salicis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Diaspididae
- Genus
- Pseudaulacaspis
- Species
- Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
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