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 ?
Species ? (probably Phacelococcus bursaria, Acanthococcus villosus or Eriococcus busariae)