Serangga sisik

Serangga sisik atau serangga teritip, (bahasa Inggeris:Scale insect) ialah serangga kecil dalam order Hemiptera, biasanya dikelaskan sebagai superfamili Coccoidea.  Terdapat kira-kira 8,000 spesies serangga sisik.

Kadang-kadang serangga sisik hidup secara simbiosis dengan semut.Scale insects living symbiotically with ants  Protea Atlas

Famili
Famili utama serangga sisik ialah:
 Margarodidae – cottony cushion scales, giant coccids and ground pearls
 Diaspididae – armored scales
 Dactylopiidae – cochineal
 Kerriidae – lac scales
 Coccidae – soft scales
 Asterolecaniidae – pit scales
 Pseudococcidae – mealybugs
 Eriococcidae – felted scales

A number of other families are known only from fossils, including Arnoldidae, Electrococcidae, Grimaldiellidae, Grohnidae, Hammanococcidae, Inkaidae, Jersicoccidae, Kukaspididae, Labiococcidae, Lebanococcidae, Lithuanicoccidae, Pennygullaniidae, Serafinidae and Weitschatidae.

 Pautan luar

 ScaleNet homepage
Cottony cushion scale: the pest that launched a pest control revolution
 Diaspididae of the World
Scale Insect Forum
Scales of southerastern U.S. woody ornamentals 

On the University of Florida / Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Featured Creatures website:
Ceroplastes rubens, red wax scale  
Ceroplastes rusci, fig wax scale
Coccus viridia, green scale
 Eucalymnatus tessellatus, tessellated scale
Phoenicoccus marlatti, red date scale

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