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Genus Aspidiotus

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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 Aspidiotus
Habitat
Live inside the fungal tissues of Septobasidium species, which are found on trees.(1)
Works Cited
1.Interrelationship Between Insects and Plants
Pierre Jolivet. 1998. CRC Press.
Contributed by Matt Bertone on 7 April, 2014 - 10:32am
Additional contributions by Marci Hess
Last updated 11 September, 2023 - 9:27am

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