Orthezia urticae
Species of true bug
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Orthezia urticae is a species of scale insect in the family Ortheziidae.[1][2]
| Orthezia urticae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Ortheziidae |
| Genus: | Orthezia |
| Species: | O. urticae |
| Binomial name | |
| Orthezia urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Orthezia arenariae Vayssière, 1924 | |
Taxonomy
Distribution
Palearctic realm: northern Eurasia and northern Africa (except deserts) from Western Europe to Algeria, Morocco, China and Turkmenistan.[2] In Russia it is present in: Kamchatka Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast, Kuril Islands and Tyumen Oblast.[1]
Description
Small lamellar insects. From above, the back of females is oval and covered with six white wax plates.[2] The wax coating is rounded. The anatomy of males and larvae are not well known.[2] The insects have 7-8 pairs of abdominal spiracles. Found on stems and leaves, they feed on the juices of various herbaceous plants, such as nettle, wormwood, bergenia, spirea and many others (wide polyphagy).[1]
