elm scale

elm scale
noun or elm scurfy scale
: any of several scales that feed on elm trees; especially : a widely distributed scale (Chionaspis americana) of eastern No. America that feeds on elm and hackberry and has the female covered by a dull white scale often darkened anteriorly by secretion

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