SCALEINSECT

Scale insect

The scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. They comprise the superfamily Coccoidea, previously placed in the now deprecated suborder Homoptera. There are about 8,000 described species of scale insects.

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scale insect

Noun

  1. One of a family of small parasitic insects that grow on plants, sapping nutrients from them.


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