Conchaspis capensis

Conchaspis capensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Conchaspididae
Genus: Conchaspis
Species:
C. capensis
Binomial name
Conchaspis capensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Coccus capensis Linnaeus, 1763
  • Conchaspis phylicae Mamet, 1954

Conchaspis capensis is a species of scale insect from South Africa found on Metalasia muricata and Phylica species. It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 work Centuria Insectorum.

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