Parlatoria ziziphi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Diaspididae |
Genus: | Parlatoria |
Species: | P. ziziphi |
Binomial name | |
Parlatoria ziziphi (Lucas, 1853) | |
Parlatoria ziziphi is a species of armored scale insect in the family Diaspididae. [1]
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