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ground pearls
Margarodidae
The Margarodidae (illegitimately as Margodidae) or ground pearls (cottony cushion scales, giant coccids, giant scale insects) are a family of scale insects within the superfamily Coccoidea. Members of the family include the Polish cochineal and Armenian cochineal (genus Porphyrophora) and the original ground pearl genus, Margarodes. Beginning in 1880, a number of distinct subfamilies were recognized, with the giant coccis (the Monophlebidae) being the first. Although Maskell proposed a new family, many continued to regard the...
16 branches of this family, most-observed first
Porphyrophora
genusPorphyrophora
Eumargarodes
genusEumargarodes
Eurhizococcus
genusEurhizococcus
Cyst-forming Coccids
genusMargarodes
Dimargarodes
genusDimargarodes
Heteromargarodes
genusHeteromargarodes
Neomargarodes
genusNeomargarodes
Auloicerya
genusAuloicerya
Sishania
genusSishania
Monophleboides
genusMonophleboides
Termitococcus
genusTermitococcus
Pseudaspidoproctus
genusPseudaspidoproctus
Pityococcus
genusPityococcus
Lecaniodrosicha
genusLecaniodrosicha
Cryptokermes
genusCryptokermes
Nautococcus
genusNautococcus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60923.