Biology:Lepidosaphes

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Lepidosaphes
Lepidosaphes ulmi.jpg
Lepidosaphes ulmi (Oystershell scale) on tree — an introduced pest insect. At Rock Corral Campground in Milford, Utah, the Western United States
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Subtribe: Lepidosaphidina
Genus: Lepidosaphes
Shimer, 1868

Lepidosaphes is a genus of scales and mealybugs in the family Diaspididae. There are at least 150 described species in Lepidosaphes.[1]

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Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. 
  • McGavin, George C. (1993). Bugs of the World. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-2737-4. 
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 

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