Toumeyella (genus)

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Toumeyella pini female (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Steve Clarke, USDA Forest Service
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Toumeyella Cockerell, 1895

This genus of soft scales contains around 20 species which are found in different parts of the Americas. They colonize mostly trees and some species are considered pests of fruit and forest trees. For example the tulip tree scale, Toumeyella liriodendri, infests trees like Liriodendron, Magnolia and Persea. The body of the females is usually strongly convex and often heavily sderotized at maturity.

Type species: Toumeyella mirabile

Currently, the following species have been entered into the system:

• Toumeyella liriodendri
• Toumeyella parvicornis
• Toumeyella pini