Asteliacoccus
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| Asteliacoccus | |
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| Asteliacoccus_margaretae coccoon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Pseudococcidae |
| Genus: | Asteliacoccus Williams, 1985 |
| Type species | |
| Asteliacoccus margaretae Williams, 1985[1] | |
Asteliacoccus is a genus of mealybugs in the family Pseudococcidae, first described by Douglas John Williams in 1985,[1][2] which currently consists of two species, Asteliacoccus margaretae, and Asteliacoccus zelandigena.[3]
