Carulaspis minima
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| Carulaspis minima | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Diaspididae |
| Subtribe: | Diaspidina |
| Genus: | Carulaspis |
| Species: | C. minima |
| Binomial name | |
| Carulaspis minima (Signoret, 1869) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carulaspis caruelii Borchsenius, 1966 | |
Carulaspis minima is an armoured scale insect, in the subtribe Diaspidina of the family Diaspididae, and is commonly known as the minute cypress scale.[1] It was first described in 1869 by the French entomologist Victor Antoine Signoret. It feeds on evergreen conifers in the families Cephalotaxaceae, Cupressaceae and Taxodiaceae.[2]
Carulaspis minima grows to a maximum length of about 1.8 mm (0.07 in). The scale covering the adult female is circular and convex, white with a yellowish-brown central portion; the female nymph is similar, but smaller. The adult male has an elongate whitish scale with the yellowish-brown remnants of the exuviae on the posterior end. The male nymph has a whitish felt-like appearance with longitudinal ridges. It is very difficult to distinguish it from the juniper scale (Carulaspis juniperi).[1]