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Species Quernaspis quercus

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 Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)

Genus Quernaspis

Species quercus (Quernaspis quercus)

Explanation of Names

Quernaspis quercus (Comstock 1881)

Range

WA - CA - FL (1)

Food

Quercus (Oaks) (1)

Internet References

ScaleNet - Quernaspis quercus(1)

Photo of adults - US National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs , USDA Agricultural Research Service

Works Cited

1.	ScaleNet

Contributed by Chris Mallory on 27 September, 2016 - 5:34am

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