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n. - A family of insects including the mealy bug.

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  • In the male coccid we find a late larval stage with hidden wing-rudiments, the importance of which, for comparison with the caterpillar, will be appreciated later.
  • The leg and wing rudiments of the male coccid (pp. 20-1) beneath the cuticle of the second instar are strictly comparable to imaginal buds, and these are present in one...
  • It's a coccid, a little scale insect.
  • A young coccid
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