Asterodiaspis variolosa (Ratzeburg, 1870)
(Golden Pit Scale)

Asterodiaspis variolosa (Golden Pit Scale) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Asterodiaspis variolosa (Golden Pit Scale) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAsterodiaspis variolosa (Golden Pit Scale)
GenusAsterodiaspis (a genus of bugs)
FamilyASTEROLECANIIDAE (pit scales)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Asterodiaspis variolosa (Golden Pit Scale)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
O’Connor, J.P., Gertsson, C-A. & Malumphy, C. 2013 A review of the Irish scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) Irish Nat. J. Vol 32 (1): 32-44.

Asterodiaspis variolosa (Golden Pit Scale) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Asterodiaspis variolosa (Golden Pit Scale):

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