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Hemispherical Scale

Saissetia coffeae

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) leo71238, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 12, February 4, March 10, April 14, May 11, June 7, July 5, August 4, September 5, October 3, November 6, December 14.
United States148
New Zealand95
Australia60
Spain55
California43
China42
Comunitat Valenciana39
Brazil33
Taiwan Province26
Taiwan26

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilySoft scales · Coccidae
GenusSaissetia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Hemispherical Scale with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.