Family Coccidae (Noun)
Meaning
Scale insects.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Family Coccidae is commonly referred to as the soft scale insects because of their typically soft, smooth, and often rounded bodies.
- The family Coccidae is distributed globally with many species occurring in a wide range of habitats.
- Some of the most common species within the family Coccidae can be found on plants in the garden and greenhouse environments.
- The family Coccidae typically secrete a protective coating of wax and produce honeydew which attracts ants and wasps.
- The family Coccidae is also known as the unarmored scale insects but have wax plates along their bodies in some species.