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Phenacoleachia
Sign in to savePhenacoleachiidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as the phenacoleachiids. They are found only in the South Island of New Zealand, and on certain offshore islands. There are two species in a single genus.
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Vinony's link graph records 185 inbound references to Phenacoleachia, and connects out to Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Idiostolidae.
Vinony files it under Archaeococcoids, Hemiptera families and Scale insects.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyPhenacoleachiidae
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- New Zealand
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Genera
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Phenacoleachiidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as the phenacoleachiids. They are found only in the South Island of New Zealand, and on certain offshore islands. There are two species in a single genus.
==Hosts== Phenacoleachia zealandica is found on southern beech trees and Phenacoleachia australis is found on Pleurophyllum species, daisy-like plants in the family Asteraceae.
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