Woodlands Historic Park Insects

Brown Gum Tree Scale(Acanthococcus coriaceus) on Red Gum stem at Woodlands Historic Park
Brown Gum Tree Scale on Red Gum stem, early Dec. Also likely to be found on all the other Eucalypt species in the park.

Classification

from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Hemiptera - bugs, hoppers and scale insects
Suborder Sternorrhyncha - Plant-parasitic bugs, 1562 named species in Australia
Superfamily Coccoidea - Scale Insects, 853 named species in Australia
Family Eriococcidae - Felt scales, 186 named species in Australia
Genus Acanthococcus
Species Acanthococcus coriaceus