Moghaddam, Masumeh;Watson, Gillian W.
Eriococcidae
Sign in to savethumb|Galls formed by Apiomorpha conica thumb|Adult female of Callococcus pulchellus Eriococcidae is a family of scale insects in the order Hemiptera. They are commonly known as felt scales or eriococcids. As of 2023, there are 109 genera and 681 species. Each species is usually specific to a different plant host, or closely related group of hosts.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyEriococcidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 72
- With media
- 52
- Family
- Eriococcidae
- Collections
- UCMP, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Australia, Indonesia, Switzerland, New Zealand
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- Category:Eriococcidae
- taxon common name
- Felt Scales
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- Genera
- See also
- References
thumb|Galls formed by Apiomorpha conica thumb|Adult female of Callococcus pulchellus Eriococcidae is a family of scale insects in the order Hemiptera. They are commonly known as felt scales or eriococcids. As of 2023, there are 109 genera and 681 species. Each species is usually specific to a different plant host, or closely related group of hosts.
Recent research using ribosomal DNA has shown that the family Eriococcidae is not a single monophyletic group but is an aggregation of several different groups. Some species that appear morphologically similar seem to be only distantly related while dissimilar species are sometimes more closely related. The type genus Eriococcus has been shown to be polyphyletic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eriococcidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.