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Fiorinia
Sign in to saveFiorinia is a genus of armored scale insects (family Diaspididae) with around 70 species. The species are widely distributed around the world. However, the large majority of them are found in southern Asia. They infest woody plants like forest or crop trees, palm trees and shrubs. Several species are invasive and these are mainly polyphagous species which have spread with the trade of ornamentals. For example, 7 species have been introduced into North America.
Species
Genus
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyDiaspididae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 105
- With media
- 98
- Family
- Diaspididae
- Collections
- CASC, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia, Philippines, Hong Kong
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Encyclopedic overview
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- List of species
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Fiorinia is a genus of armored scale insects (family Diaspididae) with around 70 species. The species are widely distributed around the world. However, the large majority of them are found in southern Asia. They infest woody plants like forest or crop trees, palm trees and shrubs. Several species are invasive and these are mainly polyphagous species which have spread with the trade of ornamentals. For example, 7 species have been introduced into North America.
Type species: Fiorinia pellucida Targioni Tozzetti, 1868, a synonym of Fiorinia fioriniae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fiorinia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.