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Family Asterolecaniidae

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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 Asterolecaniidae
Explanation of Names
Asterolecaniidae Cockerell 1896
Numbers
18 spp. in 7 genera in our area, ~250 spp. in 25 genera total(1)
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