San Jose scale
| San Jose scale | |
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| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Diaspididae |
| Genus: | Comstockaspis |
| Species: | C. perniciosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Comstockaspis perniciosa (Comstock, 1881)
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The San Jose scale or China scale (Comstockaspis perniciosa) is a hemipterous insect in the family Diaspididae. It is an agricultural pest as it causes damage and crop losses to many fruit crops. In 1914, this species became the first documented case of insecticide resistance.