Download or read book An Annotated List of Generic Names of the Scale Insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea) written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This list of generic names of the Coccoidea, or scale insects, is an outgrowth of a card catalog that has been maintained for many years in the identification unit of the organization currently known as the Entomology Research Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A catalog of names, with associated data, is a prerequisite for taxonomic and other investigations of coccids cared on at the Department of Agriculture, and is equally valuable to other persons undertaking similar studies on this group of insects.