#coccid_insect  scale insects and mealybugs
  supertype:  #homopterous_insect__homopterousinsect__homopteran  insects having membranous forewings and hind wings
  member of:  #superfamily_Coccoidea
  subtype:  #scale_insect__scaleinsect  small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering
     subtype:  #soft_scale  an insect active in all stages
        subtype:  #brown_soft_scale__Coccus_hesperidum  pest on citrus trees
     subtype:  #wax_insect__waxinsect  any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance
     subtype:  #armored_scale__armoredscale  insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female
        subtype:  #San_Jose_scale__Aspidiotus_perniciosus  small east Asian insect naturalized in the United States that damages fruit trees
     subtype:  #cochineal_insect__cochinealinsect__cochineal__Dactylopius_coccus  Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye
  subtype:  #mealybug__mealy_bug__mealybug  scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
     subtype:  #citrophilous_mealybug__citrophilus_mealybug__citrophilusmealybug__pseudococcusfragili  destructive especially to citrus
     subtype:  #Comstock_mealybug__Comstock's_mealybug__Pseudococcus_comstocki  Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees
     subtype:  #citrus_mealybug__citrusmealybug__Planococcus_citri  feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus

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