Superfamily Coccoidea - Scales and Mealybugs

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods

Class Insecta - Insects

Order Hemiptera - True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies

Suborder Sternorrhyncha - Plant-parasitic Hemipterans

Superfamily Coccoidea - Scales and Mealybugs

Family Coccidae - Soft Scale Insects
Family Diaspididae - Armored Scale Insects
Family Eriococcidae - Felt Scales
Family Margarodidae - Giant Scale Insects
Family Ortheziidae - Ensign Coccids
Family Pseudococcidae - Mealybugs
Family Kermesidae
Family Dactylopiidae - Cochineal Insects

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