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Lepidosaphes
Genus
Lepidosaphes
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
Lepidosaphes
Numbers
Nearctica lists 16 species.
Contributed by
Claude Pilon
on 30 October, 2007 - 9:26pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 21 December, 2007 - 5:03pm