Biology:Unaspis

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Unaspis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Subtribe: Chionaspidina
Genus: Unaspis
Unaspis can infest the leaves of plants in the genus Euonymus

Unaspis is a genus of armored scale insects in the family Diaspididae. There are at least two described species in Unaspis.[1][2]

Species

  • Unaspis citri (Comstock, 1883) (citrus snow scale)
  • Unaspis euonymi (Comstock, 1881) (euonymus scale)

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. 
  • McGavin, George C. (1993). Bugs of the World. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-2737-4. 
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. 
  • Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10709260 entry