''Acutaspis'' is a genus of
scale insect
Scale insects are small insects of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient g ...
s belonging to the family
Diaspididae
Diaspididae is the largest family of scale insects with over 2650 described species in around 400 genera. As with all scale insects, the female produces a waxy protective scale beneath which it feeds on its host plant. Diaspidid scales are far mo ...
.
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The species of this genus are found mainly in the Americas.][
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Species
Species:[
These 18 species belong to the genus ''Acutaspis'':][
* '' Acutaspis acuta'' (Mamet, 1951) (Madagascar)
* '' Acutaspis agavis'' (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898) (North, Central, and South America)
* '']Acutaspis albopicta
''Acutaspis'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae.
The species of this genus are found mainly in the Americas.
Species
Species:
These 18 species belong to the genus ''Acutaspis'':
* ''Acutaspis acuta'' (Mamet, 1951) ...
'' (Cockerell, 1898) (albopicta scale) (North, Central, and South America)
* '' Acutaspis aliena'' (Newstead, 1901) (Alien Scale)
* '' Acutaspis arbelaezi'' Balachowsky, 1959 (Colombia)
* '' Acutaspis decorosa'' Ferris, 1941 (Mexico)
* '' Acutaspis erythraspidis'' (Newstead, 1917) (Guyana)
* '' Acutaspis litorana'' Lepage, 1942 (Brazil)
* '' Acutaspis morrisonorum'' Kosztarab, 1963 (round conifer scale) (United States, Bermuda, Canada, Caribbean)
* '' Acutaspis oliveirae'' (Lepage & Giannotti, 1942) (Brazil)
* '' Acutaspis paulista'' (Hempel, 1900) (Brazil, Argentina)
* '' Acutaspis perseae'' (Comstock, 1881) (red bay scale)
* '' Acutaspis ramirezi'' Balachowsky, 1959 (Colombia)
* '' Acutaspis reniformis'' (Cockerell, 1897) (Mexico, Argentina)
* '' Acutaspis scutiformis'' (Cockerell, 1893) (Argentina, Guatemala, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia)
* '' Acutaspis subnigra'' McKenzie, 1947 (Peru)
* '' Acutaspis tingi'' McKenzie, 1947 (Mexico)
* '' Acutaspis umbonifera'' (Newstead, 1920) (Guyana, Paraguay, Colombia, United States, Panama)
References
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Diaspididae