Forest Pests of North America
Native and Non-native insects, diseases, and weeds of urban, managed, and natural forests


wax scales
Ceroplastes spp. Gray, 1828

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1122013

wax scales
Ceroplastes spp.
Eric R. Day
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1626029

wax scales
Ceroplastes spp.
Infestation
John A. Weidhass
1122014
1122014

wax scales
Ceroplastes spp.
Infestation
Eric R. Day
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1435133

wax scales
Ceroplastes spp.
Feature(s)
Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series


Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Coccidae
Subfamily: Ceroplastinae
Tribe: Ceroplastini
Genus: Ceroplastes


Synonyms and Other Names

Related Scientific Names:
Gascardia Gray, 1828(Synonym)