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Kuwanaspis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Sternorrhyncha

Scientific name
  
Kuwanaspis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hemiptera

Superfamily
  
Coccoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Chionaspis, Pinnaspis, Diaspidiotus, Lepidosaphes

Kuwanaspis is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae. They feed on bamboo.

Species

Species include:

  • Kuwanaspis annandalei (Green, 1919) as Chionaspis annandalei
  • Kuwanaspis arundinariae Takahashi, 1938
  • Kuwanaspis bambusae Kuwana, 1902 as Leucaspis bambusae
  • Kuwanaspis bambusicola (Cockerell, 1899) as Mytilaspis bambusicola, junior synonym Chuaspis shuichuensis
  • Kuwanaspis bambusifoliae Takahashi, 1934 as Tsukushiaspis bambusifoliae
  • Kuwanaspis daliensis
  • Kuwanaspis elongata
  • Kuwanaspis elongatoides
  • Kuwanaspis foliosa Wu, 1986 as Kuwanaspis foliosus
  • Kuwanaspis hikosani
  • Kuwanaspis howardi (woolly bamboo scale)
  • Kuwanaspis linearis (bamboo long scale)
  • Kuwanaspis multipora
  • Kuwanaspis neolinearis
  • Kuwanaspis pectinata
  • Kuwanaspis phragmitis
  • Kuwanaspis phyllostachydis
  • Kuwanaspis pseudoleucaspis (bamboo diaspidid)
  • Kuwanaspis suishana
  • Kuwanaspis takahashii
  • Kuwanaspis tanzawensis
  • Kuwanaspis vermiformis (Takahashi, 1931) as Tsukushiaspis vermiformis
  • References

    Kuwanaspis Wikipedia