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Orthezia  Bosc, 1784
Taxonomic Serial No.: 200702

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Cionops Leach, 1815
  
    Dorthezia d'Orthez, 1785
  
    Cyphoma Gistel, 1848
  
    Douglasia McGillivray, 1921
  
    Douglariella MacGillivray, 1921
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyOrtheziidae Amyot and Serville, 1843  
                                           GenusOrthezia Bosc, 1784  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Orthezia ambrosicola H. Morrison, 1952  
                                              Species Orthezia annae Cockerell, 1893 – atriplex ensign scale 
                                              Species Orthezia argrimoniae Shinji, 1936 – agrimony orthezia 
                                              Species Orthezia boliviana H. Morrison, 1925  
                                              Species Orthezia cheilanthi Tinsley, 1898  
                                              Species Orthezia graminicola H. Morrison, 1952  
                                              Species Orthezia grandis Hempel, 1920  
                                              Species Orthezia japonica Kuwana, 1917 – acorus orthezia 
                                              Species Orthezia juniperi H. Morrison, 1952  
                                              Species Orthezia lasiorum Cockerell, 1901  
                                              Species Orthezia maroccana Kozár and Konczné Benedicty in Kozár, 2004  
                                              Species Orthezia newcomeri H. Morrison, 1952 – Newcomber's ensign scale 
                                              Species Orthezia nuda Ferris, 1919  
                                              Species Orthezia olivacea Cockerell, 1905  
                                              Species Orthezia quadrua Ferris, 1950  
                                              Species Orthezia sclerotica H. Morrison, 1952  
                                              Species Orthezia selaginellae H. Morrison, 1952  
                                              Species Orthezia shirakensis Hadzibejli, 1963  
                                              Species Orthezia solidaginis Sanders, 1904  
                                              Species Orthezia sonorensis Cockerell, 1896  
                                              Species Orthezia tartallyi Konczné Benedicty and Kozár in Kozár, 2004  
                                              Species Orthezia urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) – cochenille de l'Ortie, ensign coccid, nettle ensign scale 
                                              Species Orthezia yashushii Kuwana, 1923 – yasushi orthezia 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Source: ScaleNet, 2/2025, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
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