Ultracoelostoma assimile

Ultracoelostoma assimile, commonly known as sooty beech scale, is a scale insect in the Margarodidae family.^[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[2] It was first described by William Miles Maskell in 1890.^[3]

Ultracoelostoma assimile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Margarodidae
Genus:	Ultracoelostoma
Species:	U. assimile
Binomial name
Ultracoelostoma assimile (Maskell, 1890)
Synonyms