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Conchaspididae
Sign in to saveConchaspididae is a small family of scale insects known as false armoured scales because of their resemblance to Diaspididae (but not incorporating exuviae on their body).
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Conchaspididae is a small family of scale insects known as false armoured scales because of their resemblance to Diaspididae (but not incorporating exuviae on their body).
==Description== Members of the family Conchaspididae secrete a waxy scale, in common with other scale insects, but the secreted scale does not include the exuviae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Conchaspididae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.