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Beech Scale

Cryptococcus fagisuga

71Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
12Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb6
Mar7
Apr7
May11
Jun2
Jul4
Aug14
Sep3
Oct0
Nov5
Dec9

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland38
2Sefton England9
3Aberdeenshire Scotland8
4City of Edinburgh Scotland3
5Moray Scotland3
6Leeds England2
7Fife Scotland2
8Kent England1
9Surrey England1
10Cornwall England1
11Scottish Borders Scotland1
12Carmarthenshire Wales1
15 England55 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
71
Peak month
August
Counties with records
12
Scientific name
Cryptococcus fagisuga
Group
True bugs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
67
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Eriococcidae
Genus
Cryptococcus
Name with authority
Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936
Described
1936

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q998347 · GBIF 5160450