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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Phoenicococcidae Sub Family   Description   Palm scales or phoenicococcids Background to Family   A single non-native representative, Colobopyga kewensis, recorded on palms in glasshouses.     No. taxa in DBIF   1 No. interactions   2 % interactions with British data   see notes No. records   2 % taxa with British data   see notes Notes   The Coccoidea, or scale insects, are highly adapted, sedentary feeders on mostly Angiosperm hosts. Females have neither eyes or wings, and legs and antennae are reduced or absent. The first instar 'crawler' is the dispersive stage, as is the short-lived, winged male. Females usually reproduce parthenogenetically. Most records in the database are derived from the slide collection of The Natural History Museum. ; Geographical sources of the records refer to both British and foreign regions. They indicate where the scale was recorded and where the host plant originated. Many, if not most, species will be unestablished in the wild in Great Britain.; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   n/a Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   () Hemiptera: Coccoidea Slide Collection :