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Asterolecaniidae
Asterolecaniidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as pit scales or asterolecaniids. They typically cause a depression in the host plant's tissues and often cause distortion of the shoots. They are found on a range of hosts but are especially common on oaks, bamboos and a number of ornamental plants. Members of this family occur in most regions of the world but are most abundant in the northern hemisphere. There are about 25 genera...
9 branches of this family, most-observed first
Asterodiaspis
genusAsterodiaspis
Planchonia
genusPlanchonia
Bambusaspis
genusBambusaspis
Asterolecanium
genusAsterolecanium
Russellaspis
genusRussellaspis
Palmaspis
genusPalmaspis
Frenchia
genusFrenchia
Neoasterodiaspis
genusNeoasterodiaspis
Liuaspis
genusLiuaspis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 321513.