Aclerdidae

Aclerdidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Aclerdidae

Aclerdidae are a family of Coccoidea, the scale insects.[1] They are usually found on grasses, sucking sap from the stem, inside the leaf sheaths.[2]

References

  1. McConnell, Harold S. (1953). A classification of the coccid family Aclerdidae. Bulletin A of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, Volume 75. Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maryland. OCLC 21121751.
  2. Maw, H. Eric L. et al. (2000). Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska. NRC Research Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-660-18165-3.

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