Fern Scale

Pinnaspis aspidistrae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Diaspididae

Pinnaspis, first described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1892, is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae, or armored scale insects. There are currently 42 species within the genus Pinnaspis. Description In this genus the median lobes are parallel and united by a medial zygosis.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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