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Crypticerya
Genista giant scale insect (Crypticerya genistae)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Monophlebidae
Genus: Crypticerya
Cockerell, 1895

Crypticerya is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas.[1] As of 2024, there are 28 described species.[2]

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The name was established by Cockerell in 1895 as a subgenus of Icerya.[2] It was elevated to a genus in 1899, synonymized in 1926, and revived as a genus in 2008.[2]

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