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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Scales and Mealybugs (Coccoidea) » Felt Scales (Eriococcidae)

Family Eriococcidae - Felt Scales

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited
Felt scale European Elm Scale - Gossyparia spuria Cryptococcus fagisuga Elm Scale - Gossyparia spuria Cryptococcus fagisuga Beech Bark Scale - Cryptococcus fagisuga - Cryptococcus fagisuga Azalea bark scale male - Acanthococcus azaleae - male Cryptococcus fagisuga
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Coccoidea (Scales and Mealybugs)
Family Eriococcidae (Felt Scales)
Explanation of Names
Eriococcidae Cockerell 1899 [needs confirmation]
Numbers
~90 spp in 10 genera in our area, ~700 spp. in 110 genera worldwide(1)
Identification
Similar to pseudococcids, but body of immature stages is bare or only slightly covered with wax.
Internet References
Taxon page(2)
Works Cited
1.ScaleNet
2.Miller D., Rung A., Parikh G., Venable G., Redford A.J., Evans G.A., Gill R.J. (2014) Scale Insects, 2nd ed.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 28 June, 2007 - 3:06pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 19 November, 2023 - 7:51pm

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