Kuwanaspis
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| Kuwanaspis | |
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| Kuwanaspis pseudoleucaspis, bamboo diaspidid, New Zealand | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Diaspididae |
| Subfamily: | Diaspidinae |
| Tribe: | Diaspidini |
| Subtribe: | Fioriniina |
| Genus: | Kuwanaspis Macgillivray, 1921 |
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Kuwanaspis is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. These scale insects typically feed on Bamboo plants such as Phyllostachys heteroclada (fishscale bamboo) and Pleioblastus amarus (bitter bamboo).[2][3][4][5][6]
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