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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) » Ensign Scales (Ortheziidae)

Family Ortheziidae - Ensign Scales

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Ensign Coccid Maybe Orthezia - female Ortheziidae, Ensign Scales Unidentified Insect Ensign scale Ortheziidae, perhaps Orthezia Small Hemipteran with White Waxy Coating Ensign Scale - Orthezia
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 Ortheziidae (Ensign Scales)
Other Common Names
Ensign Coccids
Explanation of Names
Ortheziidae Amyot & Serville 1843
Numbers
31 spp. in 7 genera the our area (of which 21 Orthezia), ~220 species in 24 genera worldwide(1)
Identification
Females distinctly segmented. elongate-oval. Antennae 4- to 9-segmented. Covered by hard, waxy, white plates.
Habitat
On almost any part of the host, including roots • some in caves(2)
Food
hosts include mosses, grasses, small herbaceous plants, woody shrubs and even fungi
Life Cycle
may be tended by Crematogaster ants
Internet References
Taxon page(3)
Works Cited
1.ScaleNet
2.University of Texas Insect Collection (UTIC)
3.Miller D., Rung A., Parikh G., Venable G., Redford A.J., Evans G.A., Gill R.J. (2014) Scale Insects, 2nd ed.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 19 November, 2023 - 8:20pm

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