Hemiptera14 species

Family Giant Scale Insects (Monophlebidae)

Monophlebidae is a family in the order Hemiptera. Browse 14 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Monophlebidae (14)

Cottony Cushion Scale

Icerya purchasi

The white fluted part of the insect is an egg sac that can contain up to 1000 eggs. The insect is hermaphroditic, producing sperm that can fertilize its own ova, but in an alternate reproductive strategy it can also make winged males that can fertil