Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
info
Chapter:
4-464.60.00
Sternorrhyncha
English: Aphids; Whiteflies; Scale insects.
Genera: 12,500 species.
Zoology
Sternorrhyncha are plant-sucking bugs. Most are sedentary or fully sessile.
They are some major horticultural pests.
Faamilies
Psylloidea: jumping plant lice, etc.
Aleyrodoidea: whiteflies.
Coccoidea: scale insects.
Phylloxeroidea: phylloxera bugs.
Aphididae: aphids .