Cryptophyllaspis liquidambaris

Acer rubrum [sic--likely a mistake?]

Pouch-like leaf swellings, diameter 1/12 inch, scale insect, summer

Diaspidiotus liquidambaris (Kotinsky, 1903)

Cryptophyllaspis liquidambaris
Chemnaspidiotus liquidambaris
Diaspidiotus liquidambaris
Cryptophyllaspis (Diaspidiotus) liquidambaris

Hosts: Liquidambar styraciflua, Acer rubrum

Biology: Causing the formation of pit galls on the leaves, each gall being occupied by a single female the scale of which fills the opening of the gall (Ferris, 1938a).

Structure: Scale flat, white, exuviae central. Scale of the male exposed upon the leaves, white, elongate oval, exuvia toward one end (Ferris, 1938a). Colour photograph by Gill (1997).

Distr: AL, CA, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MD, MS, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA