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Genus Icerya

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
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 Margarodidae (Giant Scale Insects)
Genus Icerya
Numbers
Nearctica lists 2 species: purchasi and rileyi
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 12 August, 2004 - 5:04pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 21 December, 2007 - 5:09pm

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