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Asterolecanium
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Asterolecanium

Asterolecanium is a genus of pit scale insects. Asterolecanium is distributed worldwide: species have been found in each of the six biogeographic realms, and nearly all of their respective subregions.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Asterolecanium puteanum

speciesAsterolecanium puteanum

Oleander Pit Scale

speciesAsterolecanium pustulans

Asterolecanium minus

speciesAsterolecanium minus

Asterolecanium euryopsis

speciesAsterolecanium euryopsis

Orchid Pit Scale

speciesAsterolecanium epidendri

Asterolecanium hakeae

speciesAsterolecanium hakeae

Kanuka orange scale

speciesAsterolecanium vitreum

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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 321514.