''Kuwanaspis'' is a genus of
scale insect
Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient grouping than the ...
s belonging to the family
Diaspididae
Diaspididae is the largest family of scale insects with over 2650 described species in around 400 genera. As with all scale insects, the female produces a waxy protective scale beneath which it feeds on its host plant. Diaspidid scales are far mo ...
. They feed on bamboo.
Species
Species include:
* ''
Kuwanaspis annandalei''
(Green, 1919) as ''Chionaspis annandalei''
* ''
Kuwanaspis arundinariae''
Takahashi, 1938
* ''
Kuwanaspis bambusae''
Kuwana, 1902 as ''Leucaspis bambusae''
* ''
Kuwanaspis bambusicola''
(Cockerell, 1899) as ''Mytilaspis bambusicola'', junior synonym ''Chuaspis shuichuensis''
* ''
Kuwanaspis bambusifoliae''
Takahashi, 1934 as ''Tsukushiaspis bambusifoliae''
* ''
Kuwanaspis daliensis''
* ''
Kuwanaspis elongata
''Kuwanaspis'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae. They feed on bamboo.
Species
Species include:
* '' Kuwanaspis annandalei'' (Green, 1919) as ''Chionaspis annandalei''
* '' Kuwanaspis arundinariae'' Takahashi, 1938 ...
''
* ''
Kuwanaspis elongatoides''
* ''
Kuwanaspis foliosa''
Wu, 1986 as ''Kuwanaspis foliosus''
* ''
Kuwanaspis hikosani''
* ''
Kuwanaspis howardi'' (woolly bamboo scale)
* ''
Kuwanaspis linearis'' (bamboo long scale)
* ''
Kuwanaspis multipora''
* ''
Kuwanaspis neolinearis''
* ''
Kuwanaspis pectinata''
* ''
Kuwanaspis phragmitis''
* ''
Kuwanaspis phyllostachydis''
* ''
Kuwanaspis pseudoleucaspis
''Kuwanaspis'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae. They feed on bamboo.
Species
Species include:
* '' Kuwanaspis annandalei'' (Green, 1919) as ''Chionaspis annandalei''
* '' Kuwanaspis arundinariae'' Takahashi, 1938 ...
'' (bamboo diaspidid)
* ''
Kuwanaspis suishana
''Kuwanaspis'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae. They feed on bamboo.
Species
Species include:
* '' Kuwanaspis annandalei'' (Green, 1919) as ''Chionaspis annandalei''
* '' Kuwanaspis arundinariae'' Takahashi, 1938 ...
''
* ''
Kuwanaspis takahashii
''Kuwanaspis'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae. They feed on bamboo.
Species
Species include:
* '' Kuwanaspis annandalei'' (Green, 1919) as ''Chionaspis annandalei''
* '' Kuwanaspis arundinariae'' Takahashi, 1938 ...
''
* ''
Kuwanaspis tanzawensis
''Kuwanaspis'' is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae
Diaspididae is the largest family of scale insects with over 2650 described species in around 400 genera. As with all scale insects, the female produces a waxy pro ...
''
* ''
Kuwanaspis vermiformis''
(Takahashi, 1931) as ''Tsukushiaspis vermiformis''
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References
Sternorrhyncha genera
Diaspidini
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