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Species Ceroplastes rusci - Fig Scale

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 Coccidae (Soft Scale Insects)
Genus Ceroplastes (Wax Scales)
Species rusci (Fig Scale)
Food
Feeds on a wide range of species of several families, such as Citrus, figs, avocados, poplars, etc. Plantwise.org
Remarks
It probably originated in Africa and it has spread by human action.