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Genista Giant Scale Insect

Crypticerya genistae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in United States Virgin Islands.January 6, February 1, March 1, April 0, May 0, June 1, July 12, August 0, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 13.
United States70
United States Virgin Islands34
Brazil16
Paraiba5
Ceara3
Costa Rica2
Sucre2
Pernambuco2
Ecuador2
Venezuela2

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
FamilyGiant Scale Insects · Monophlebidae
GenusGiant Scale Insects · Crypticerya

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