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Soft-bodied minibeasts
Ceroplastes stellifer
Minibeast photographs and field observations.
Species notes
About Ceroplastes stellifer
Ceroplastes stellifer (also recorded as Scale insect) is an accepted species in the family Coccidae, within the order Hemiptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Africa, Australia, Caribbean, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), Middle America, North America, Oceania, and South America. This field grouping brings together small animals best compared through body shape, segmentation, appendages and the habitat visible in the photographs.
- Common name
- Scale insect
- Family
- Coccidae
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Africa, Australia, Caribbean, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), Middle America, North America, Oceania, South America
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Field photographs
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