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Ortheziidae
Sign in to saveOrtheziidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as the ensign scales or ortheziids. They occur in most parts of the world but the majority of the species are found in the Neotropical and Nearctic regions while there are not many species in Australasia and the Far East. There are twenty valid genera and 198 species.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Ortheziidae
- Collections
- UAM, UCMP, LCDI, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, GUAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Canada, Guam, Australia
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- taxon name
- Ortheziidae
- taxon rank
- family
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- Ortheziidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Ortheziidae
- taxon common name
- sekkskjoldlus
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- Hosts
- Description
- Life cycle
- Genera
- References
Ortheziidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as the ensign scales or ortheziids. They occur in most parts of the world but the majority of the species are found in the Neotropical and Nearctic regions while there are not many species in Australasia and the Far East. There are twenty valid genera and 198 species.
==Hosts== Ensign scales are found on a wide range of host plants including mosses, grasses, small herbaceous plants, woody shrubs and even fungi.
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