SCALE INSECT


Meaning of SCALE INSECT in English

Any of various small insects of the superfamily Coccoidea (suborder Homoptera, order Hemiptera). Female scale insects secrete a waxy scale. They remain under this scale while sucking the juices of plants.

English glossary of entomology and crop protection.      Английский глоссарий энтомологии и защиты растений.