Diaspis
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| Diaspis | |
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| Diaspis echinocacti, prickly pear scale, New Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Diaspididae |
| Subtribe: | Diaspidina |
| Genus: | Diaspis Costa, 1828 |
Diaspis is a genus in the armored scale insect family Diaspididae. There are more than 50 described species in Diaspis.[1][2][3][4]
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