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Melanaspis
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Melanaspis

Melanaspis is a genus of armoured scales in the family Diaspididae. There are more than 60 described species in Melanaspis.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

red maple scale

speciesMelanaspis tenebricosa

Melanaspis sitreana

speciesMelanaspis sitreana

Obscure Scale

speciesMelanaspis obscura

Melanaspis deklei

speciesMelanaspis deklei

Melanaspis odontoglossi

speciesMelanaspis odontoglossi

Smilax Scale

speciesMelanaspis smilacis

Melanaspis coccolobae

speciesMelanaspis coccolobae

Brown Pineapple Scale

speciesMelanaspis bromiliae

Black elaegnus scale

speciesMelanaspis elaeagni

Deciduous Fruit Scale

speciesMelanaspis inopinata

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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 48092.