Animals Kingdom (Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

• True Bugs (Subrder Heteroptera)

Cushion scale is a sap-sucking insect that feeds on the foliage of mainly evergreen trees and shrubs. Typically the adults are immobile having a flattened or raised appearance, with no visible legs. They often look like a ‘scale’ on a leaf or stem, many species produce a white wax often covering egg masses.