''Kuwanaspis'' is a genus of armoured scales 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 ...
. These scale insects typically feed on Bamboo plants such as ''Phyllostachys heteroclada'' (fishscale bamboo) and ''Pleioblastus amarus'' (bitter bamboo).
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Species
These 20 species belong to the genus ''Kuwanaspis'':[
* '' Kuwanaspis annandalei'' (Green, 1919) (China, India, Taiwan)
* '' Kuwanaspis arundinariae'' Takahashi, 1938 (China, Taiwan)
* '' Kuwanaspis bambusicola'' (Cockerell, 1899)
* '' Kuwanaspis bambusifoliae'' (Takahashi, 1934) (China, Taiwan)
* '' Kuwanaspis daliensis'' Hu, 1982 (China)
* '' Kuwanaspis elongata'' (Takahashi, 1930) (China, Taiwan)
* '' Kuwanaspis elongatoides'' H.u.Tang, 1986 (China)
* '' Kuwanaspis foliosa'' Wu, 1986 (China)
* '' Kuwanaspis hikosani'' (Kuwana, 1902)
* '' Kuwanaspis howardi'' (Cooley, 1898) (bamboo white scale)
* '' Kuwanaspis linearis'' (Green, 1922) (bamboo long scale)
* '' Kuwanaspis multipora'' Tang, 1986 (China)
* '' Kuwanaspis neolinearis'' (Takahashi, 1930) (Asia)
* '' Kuwanaspis pectinata'' Takagi, 1999 (]Malaysia
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* '' Kuwanaspis phragmitis'' (Takahashi, 1931) (Taiwan)
* '' Kuwanaspis pseudoleucaspis'' (Kuwana, 1923) (bamboo diaspidid)
* '' Kuwanaspis suishana'' (Takahashi, 1930) (Asia)
* '' Kuwanaspis takahashii'' Takagi, 1961 (Japan)
* '' Kuwanaspis tanzawensis'' Takagi & Kawai, 1966 (Japan)
* '' Kuwanaspis vermiformis'' (Takahashi, 1930)
References
External links
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Sternorrhyncha genera
Diaspidini
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