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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) » Soft Scale Insects (Coccidae)

Family Coccidae - Soft Scale Insects

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 cirripediformis - Barnacle Scale
Species rubens - Red Wax Scale
Species rusci - Fig Scale
Species sinensis - Chinese Wax Scale
Genus Coccus
Species hesperidum - Brown Soft Scale
Species longulus - Long Brown Scale
Species viridis - Green Scale
Genus Eucalymnatus
Species tessellatus - Tessellated Scale
Genus Eulecanium
Species kunoense - Kuno scale
Genus Luzulaspis
Genus Milviscutulus
Species mangiferae - Mango Shield Scale
Genus Neolecanium
Species cornuparvum - Magnolia Scale
Genus Parthenolecanium
Species quercifex - Oak Lecanium Scale
Genus Phalacrococcus
Species howertoni - Phalacrococcus howertoni
Genus Prococcus
Species acutissimus - Banana-shaped Scale
Genus Protopulvinaria
Species pyriformis - Pyriform Scale
Genus Pseudokermes
Species vitreus - Glassy Scale
Genus Pulvinaria - Cottony Scales
Species acericola - Cottony Maple Leaf Scale
Species floccifera - Cottony Camellia Scale
Species innumerabilis - Cottony Maple Scale
Species vitis - Cottony Grape Scale
Genus Pulvinariella
Species mesembryanthemi - Iceplant Scale
Genus Saissetia
Species coffeae - Hemispherical Scale
Genus Toumeyella
Species liriodendri - Tuliptree Scale
Species mirabilis - Toumeyella mirabilis
Species parvicornis - Pine Tortoise Scale
Species pini - Striped Pine Scale

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