Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock, 1881 is a animal in the Coccidae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock, 1881

Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock, 1881

Ceroplastes cirripediformis is a species of soft scale insect in the family Coccidae, commonly known as the barnacle scale.

Family
Genus
Ceroplastes
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock, 1881

Ceroplastes cirripediformis, commonly called the barnacle scale or barnacle wax scale, is a species of soft scale insect that belongs to the family Coccidae.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Coccidae Ceroplastes

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