Odonaspidini

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Odonaspidini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Subfamily: Aspidiotinae
Tribe: Odonaspidini

Odonaspidini is a tribe of armored scale insects. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Borkhsenius, N.S. (1966). A catalogue of the armoured scale insects (Diaspidoidea) of the world. Akademiia nauk SSSR. Zoologicheskii Institut, Moscow.
  2. Takagi, Sadao (2002). "One new subfamily and two new tribes of the Diaspididae (Homoptera: Coccoidea)". Insecta Matsumurana. 59: 55–100.