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Diaspis
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Diaspis

Diaspis is a genus of scales and mealybugs in the family Diaspididae. There are at least 50 described species in Diaspis.

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15 branches of this genus, most-observed first

prickly pear scale

speciesDiaspis echinocacti

Boisduval Scale

speciesDiaspis boisduvalii

manzanita scale

speciesDiaspis manzanitae

Diaspis chilensis

speciesDiaspis chilensis

Jojoba Scale

speciesDiaspis simmondsiae

Diaspis parasiti

speciesDiaspis parasiti

Diaspis subregularis

speciesDiaspis subregularis

Diaspis barrancorum

speciesDiaspis barrancorum

Diaspis digna

speciesDiaspis digna

Diaspis texensis

speciesDiaspis texensis

Diaspis hererina

speciesDiaspis hererina

Cocos Scale

speciesDiaspis coccois

Diaspis dionis

speciesDiaspis dionis

Diaspis aequalis

speciesDiaspis aequalis

Pineapple Scale

speciesDiaspis bromeliae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123700.