Aspidiotinae

Aspidiotinae
Aspidiotus nerii
oleander scale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Diaspididae
Subfamily: Aspidiotinae
Tribes

Aspidiotinae is a large subfamily of armored scale insects, with 193 genera.[1][2]

References

  1. Borkhsenius, N.S. (1966). A catalogue of the armoured scale insects (Diaspidoidea) of the world. Akademiia nauk SSSR. Zoologicheskii Institut, Moscow.
  2. Takagi, Sadao (2002). "One new subfamily and two new tribes of the Diaspididae (Homoptera: Coccoidea)". Insecta Matsumurana 59: 55–100.