Summary ²

Ortheziidae is a family of scale insects commonly known as the ensign scales or ortheziids. They occur in most parts of the world but the majority of the species are found in the Neotropics and Nearctic regions while there are not many species in Australasia and the Far East. There are twenty valid genera and 198 species.

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1. (c) Glenn Seplak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/74867807@N00/5006669633
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortheziidae

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