🦋 Family

Diaspididae

6 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hemiptera › Diaspididae

Lepidosaphes beckii, also called citrus mussel scale, is a scale insect first described by Edward Newman in 1869.

Lepidosaphes ulmi is a widely invasive scale insect pest that feeds on tree sap and can kill host trees or branches.

This page provides morphological details and distribution information for the invasive scale insect Fiorinia externa Ferris, 1942.

Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli is an armored scale insect found in Europe, with many common names including false oleander scale.

Chionaspis pinifoliae, the pine needle scale insect, is a common scale that feeds on conifers across Canada and the United States.

Aonidiella aurantii is a scale insect with distinct male and female forms that feeds on and is toxic to citrus trees.

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