''Aulacaspis'', is a scale insect genus in 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 ...

. The

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

is ''Aulacaspis rosae''.

Species

Former species

* ''Aulacaspis malayala'' Varshney, 2002 invalid

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References

* Sternorrhyncha genera Diaspidini {{Diaspididae-stub