Kuwanaspis is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae. They feed on bamboo. Including Phyllostachys heteroclada (fishscale bamboo) and Pleioblastus amarus (bitter bamboo).[2]

Kuwanaspis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Tribe: Diaspidini
Subtribe: Kuwanaspidina
Genus: Kuwanaspis
MacGillivray, 1921
Synonyms

Chuaspis Tao & Wong, 1982[1]

Species

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Species include:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Takagi, Sadao (1999). "Notes on the scale insect subtribe Kuwanaspidina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 56: 95–150.
  2. ^ a b Xu, Xiu-Lan; Zeng, Qian; Lv, Yi-Cong; Jeewon, Rajesh; Maharachchikumbura, Sajeewa S.N.; Wanasinghe, Dhanushka N.; Hyde, Kevin D.; Xiao, Qian-Gang; Liu, Ying-Gao; Yang, Chun-Lin (2021). "Insight into the Systematics of Novel Entomopathogenic Fungi Associated with Armored Scale Insect, Kuwanaspis howardi (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in China". J. Fungi. 7 (8): 628. doi:10.3390/jof7080628. PMC 8401669. PMID 34436167.
  3. ^ Tao, Charles Chia-chu; Wong, Chen-yu (1982). "Description of a new genus and species of bamboo scale, Chuaspis shuichuensis (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspidae) from Taiwan, China". Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum. 35: 123–125.
  4. ^ Yuyin, Lin (1990). "Observations on Kuwanaspis vermiformis (Takahashi)". Journal of Bamboo Research. 1990 (2). Abstract