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Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)

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Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)

Featured sightings

Apiomorpha sp. (genus) (A gall forming scale) at Kambah, ACT - 30 Jun 2025 by Heinol

Callipappus sp. (genus) (Mealybug, Bird of Paradise fly) at Krawarree, NSW - 16 Apr 2025 by amarsh

Callipappus sp. (genus) (Mealybug, Bird of Paradise fly) at Bundanoon, NSW - 14 May 2022 by Aussiegall

Apiomorpha sp. (genus) (A gall forming scale) at Theodore, ACT - 28 Apr 2021 by AlisonMilton

Apiomorpha urnalis (A scale forming an urn shaped gall on eucalypts) at Michelago, NSW - 30 Mar 2019 by Illilanga

Latest sightings

Unverified Scale insect or Mealybug (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) at Higgins, ACT - 2 Jan 2026 by AlisonMilton

Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Scullin, ACT - 29 Dec 2025 by AlisonMilton

Acanthococcus confusus at Conder, ACT - 1 Jan 2026 by Hejor1

Icerya purchasi (Cottony cushion scale) at Hall, ACT - 29 Dec 2025 by Anna123

Callococcus acaciae (Burgan woolly scale) at Isaacs, ACT - 20 Dec 2025 by Mike

Monophlebulus sp. (genus) at Mount Buffalo, VIC - 16 Dec 2025 by Hejor1

Apiomorpha sp. (genus) (A gall forming scale) at Queanbeyan West, NSW - 17 Dec 2025 by Paul4K

Acanthococcus confusus (Gumtree scale) at Bredbo, NSW - 12 Dec 2025 by AlisonMilton

Acanthococcus coriaceus (Gum Tree Scale) at Holbrook, NSW - 14 Dec 2025 by Hejor1

Pseudococcidae sp. (family) (A mealybug) at Lyons, ACT - 13 Dec 2025 by ran452

Lepidosaphes sp. (genus) (Mussel scale) at Kambah, ACT - 12 Dec 2025 by HelenCross

Icerya acaciae (Acacia mealy bug) at Bruce, ACT - 3 Dec 2025 by AlisonMilton

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

30 Dec 2025

No the females develop their own galls but I am unsure what you should be looking for

Apiomorpha sp. (genus)

Hejor1 wrote:

17 Dec 2025

@pmillsApio87 unfortunately I don't know, but thank you

Apiomorpha sp. (genus)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

17 Dec 2025

Thanks Penny

Pseudococcidae sp. (family)

pmillsApio87 wrote:

16 Dec 2025

Unsure whether this is a felt scale or mealybug; they can look similar during this stage of life.

Pseudococcidae sp. (family)

pmillsApio87 wrote:

16 Dec 2025

@Hejor1 do you know the species of *Eucalyptus* you found the gall on? This is useful to include for when the group is revised because some species might be specific to different hosts.

Apiomorpha sp. (genus)

Significant sightings

Callipappus australis at Ulladulla, NSW

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