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Genus Fiorinia

Wooly scale-like insects upon Camellia - Fiorinia theae - female Elongate Hemlock Scale - Fiorinia externa scales - Fiorinia scales - Fiorinia female scale - Fiorinia - female female scale - Fiorinia - male elongate hemlock scale - Fiorinia externa - male - female Fiorinia externa
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 Fiorinia
Numbers
Nomina Insecta Nearctica lists 5 North American species:
Fiorinia externa Ferris 1942
Fiorinia fioriniae Targioni Tozzetti 1867
Fiorinia japonica Kuwana 1902
Fiorinia pinicola Maskell 1897
Fiorinia theae Green 1900
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 25 February, 2011 - 5:18pm

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