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Acanthococcus  Signoret, 1875
Taxonomic Serial No.: 200981

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Atriplicia Cockerell and Rohwer, 1909
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  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  
                                        FamilyEriococcidae Cockerell, 1899 – felt scales, eriococcid scales  
                                           GenusAcanthococcus Signoret, 1875  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Species Acanthococcus abditus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus abeliceae (Kuwana, 1927)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus acericola (Tang and Hao, 1995)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus aceris Signoret, 1875  
                                              Species Acanthococcus actius D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – seashore ericoccin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus acutispinatus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus adenostomae (Ehrhorn, 1898) – chamise eriococcin, cottony greasewood scale, greasewood eriococcus 
                                              Species Acanthococcus agonis (Fuller, 1897)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus albatus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus amomidis (Gómez-Menor Ortega, 1935)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus angulatus (Froggatt, 1916)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus apiomorphae (Fuller, 1897)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus arcanus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus arctostaphyli (Ferris, 1955) – manzanita eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus arenariae D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – arenariae eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus arenosus (Cockerell, 1897) – sand eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus armeniacus (Tang and Hao, 1995)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus asteliae (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus aurescens (Cockerell, 1902)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus australis (Maskell, 1895)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus azaleae (Comstock, 1881) – azalea bark scale, eriococcus scale, spirea scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus azumae (Kanda, 1933)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus bambusae (Green, 1922)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus barri D. Miller, 1991 – Barr eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus beilschmiediae (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus beshearae D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993  
                                              Species Acanthococcus betulaefoliae (Tang and Hao, 1995)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus bezzii (Leonardi, 1907)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus bicolor (Froggatt, 1915)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus boguschi (McDaniel, 1964)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus brittini (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus burruyaquensis González and Nicosia, 2014  
                                              Species Acanthococcus campbelli (Hoy, 1959)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus campinensis (Hempel, 1937)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus carolinae (Williams, 1969) – beachgrass scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus castanopus (Tang and Hao, 1995)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus celmisiae (Maskell, 1884)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus chabohiba (Kuwana and Nitobe, 1918)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus chathamensis (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus chilos D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – grass eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus christopherus (Foldi and Kozár, 2007)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus clapsae (González, 2009)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus coccineus (Cockerell, 1894) – cactus eriococcin, cactus mealybug, cactus spine scale, spine mealybug, woolly cactus scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus confluens (Maskell, 1893)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus conspersus (Maskell, 1893)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus constrictus (Froggatt, 1933)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus coprosmae (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus coriaceus (Maskell, 1893) – blue gum scale, common gum scale, gum tree scale, rice bubble scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus corniculatus (Ferris, 1950)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus costaricensis (Cockerell and Robinson, 1915)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus costatus Danzig, 1975  
                                              Species Acanthococcus crenilobatus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus crispus (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus crofti (Froggatt, 1916)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus cryptus (Cockerell, 1901) – cryptic eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus cultellus (Hoy, 1959)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus cuneifoliae (González, 2009)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus curassavicus (Reyne, 1964)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus dacrydii (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus danthoniae (Maskell, 1891)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus davidsoni D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – Davidson eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus dennoi D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – Denno eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus diaboli (Ferris, 1955) – Mount Diablo eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus divaricatae (González, 2009)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus diversispinus (Leonardi, 1911)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus droserae D. Miller, Liu and Howell, 1992 – sundew eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus dubius (Cockerell, 1896) – eriococcido incierto, uncertain eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus elaeocarpi (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus elegans (Fuller, 1897)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus elytranthae (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus emirnensis (Mamet, 1954)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus epacrotrichus D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – pointed hair eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus ericae (Signoret, 1875)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus eriogoni (Ehrhorn, 1911) – eriogonum eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus etbaicus (De Lotto, 1954)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus eucalypti (Maskell, 1892)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus euphorbiae (Ferris, 1955) – euphorbia eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus fossilis (Froggatt, 1933)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus fossor (Maskell, 1884) – pit making maire scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus froebeae D. Miller, 1991 – Froebe eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus fuligitectus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus gallicola (Cockerell and Rohwer, 1909) – atriplex gall scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus gaultheriae (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus gerbergi (McDaniel, 1959) – Gerberg eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus gibbus (Hoy, 1959)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus glanduliferus (Balachowsky, 1933)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus gracielae González and Claps, 2011  
                                              Species Acanthococcus granarae González and Claps, 2011  
                                              Species Acanthococcus grandis (Maskell, 1892)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus gurneyi (Fuller, 1899)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus hakeae (Fuller, 1897)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus haywardi Juarez and González, 2017  
                                              Species Acanthococcus hebes (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus howelli D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – Howell eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus hoyi D. Miller and G. Miller, 1992 – Hoy eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus humatus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus imperfectus (Fuller, 1897)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus ironsidei (Williams, 1973) – macadamia felted coccid 
                                              Species Acanthococcus irregularis (Froggatt, 1921)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus isacanthus Danzig, 1975  
                                              Species Acanthococcus jorgenseni (Morrison, 1919)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus julietae González and Granara de Willink, 2012  
                                              Species Acanthococcus kamahi (Hoy, 1958)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus kaschgariae Danzig, 1972  
                                              Species Acanthococcus kemptoni (Parrott, 1900) – Kempton eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus kijabensis (James, 1934)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus kilinceri Kaydan, 2013  
                                              Species Acanthococcus koelreuterius (Wei and Wu, 2004)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus kowhai (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae (Kuwana, 1907) – crapemyrtle scale, crapemyrtle bark scale, escama de fieltro del árbol de júpiter, saru-suberi-fukuro-kaigaramushi 
                                              Species Acanthococcus lahillei (Leonardi, 1911)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus lanatus (Hempel, 1932)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus larreae (Parrott and Cockerell in Cockerell and Parrott, 1899) – creosote eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus latialis (Leonardi, 1907)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus lecanioides (Green, 1915)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus leptospermi (Maskell, 1891)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus lidgetti (Cockerell, 1899)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus longisetosus (Foldi and Kozár, 2007)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus macedoniensis Fetyko and Kaydan, 2013  
                                              Species Acanthococcus mackenziei D. Miller and G. Miller, 1992 – McKenzie eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus macrobactrus D. Miller and G. Miller, 1992 – long rod eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus mancus (Maskell, 1897)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus matai (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus maximus (Foldi and Kozár, 2007)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus megaporus D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – large pore eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus melnikensis (Hodgson and Trencheva, 2008)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus meridianus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus mesotrichus D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – middle seta eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus microspinus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2008  
                                              Species Acanthococcus microtrichus D. Miller and G. Miller, 1992 – small seta eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus milleri (Hoy, 1959)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus mimus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus missourii (Hollinger, 1917) – Missouri eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus mokanae Ramos and Caballero, 2019  
                                              Species Acanthococcus monotrichus D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – single seta eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus montanus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus multispinus Maskell, 1879  
                                              Species Acanthococcus myrsinae (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus neomyrti (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus nitidulus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus nudulus (Ferris, 1955) – bare eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus nuerae (Green, 1922)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus onukii (Kuwana, 1902)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus ophius D. Miller and G. Miller, 1993 – snake-like eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus orariensis (Hoy, 1954) – manuka blight, manuka scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus pallidus (Maskell, 1885) – pallid eriococcus 
                                              Species Acanthococcus palmeri (Cockerell, 1899)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus palustris (Dodds, 1923) – marsh eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus papaveroi González, Claps and Juarez, 2020  
                                              Species Acanthococcus papillosus (Morrison, 1924)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus parabilis (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus parvulus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus paucispinus (Ferris, 1921)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus pennyae D. Miller and Stocks, 2022  
                                              Species Acanthococcus perplexus (Hempel, 1900)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus philippinensis (Morrison, 1920)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus phyllocladi (Maskell, 1892) – tanekaha scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus pimeliae (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus piptandeniae (Hempel, 1937)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus pittospori (Ferris, 1955) – pittosporum eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus pituilensis (González, 2009)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus pohutukawa (Hoy, 1958)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus popayanensis (Balachowsky, 1959)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus populi Matesova, 1967  
                                              Species Acanthococcus pseudolongisetosus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2008  
                                              Species Acanthococcus punctatae Juarez and González, 2017  
                                              Species Acanthococcus pustulatus (Maskell, 1893)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus quercus (Comstock, 1881) – oak eriococcin, oak eriococcus 
                                              Species Acanthococcus rata (Hoy, 1958)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus reineri Gavrilov-Zimin, 2023  
                                              Species Acanthococcus ribesiae Borchsenius, 1960  
                                              Species Acanthococcus riojensis Juarez and González, 2017  
                                              Species Acanthococcus roboris (Goux, 1931) – oak felt scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus rosannae (Tranfaglia and Esposito, 1985)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus rugosus (Froggatt, 1933)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus rusapiensis (Hall, 1937)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus salarius (Ferris, 1955) – salt eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus salicis (Borchsenius, 1938)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus saltensis González and Granara de Willink, 2012  
                                              Species Acanthococcus sasae Danzig, 1975  
                                              Species Acanthococcus serratilobis (Green, 1915)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus setulosus (Hoy, 1962)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus shiraiwai (Kuwana and Muramatsu, 1931)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus siambonensis González and Nicosia, 2014  
                                              Species Acanthococcus simplex (Maskell, 1897)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus smithi (Lobdell, 1929) – Smith eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus sophorae (Green, 1929)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus sordidus (Green, 1904)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus spiniger (Maskell, 1896)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus spiraeae Borchsenius, 1949  
                                              Species Acanthococcus stauroporus D. Miller and G. Miller, 1992  
                                              Species Acanthococcus stellatus (McDaniel, 1963) – star eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus stenoclini (Mamet, 1950)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus sutepensis (Takahashi, 1942)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus tenuis (Green, 1922)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus tepperi (Maskell, 1892)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus tesselatus (Froggatt, 1916)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus texanus (King, 1902) – Texas eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus tholothrix (D. Miller and González, 1975) – dome seta eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus thymi (Schrank, 1801)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus tillandsiae (Ferris, 1921)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus tinsleyi (Cockerell, 1898) – Tinsley eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus tokaedae (Kuwana, 1932) – acer scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus torikurai Tanaka in Tanaka and Kamitani, 2023 – sutsuji-fukuro-kaigaramushi 
                                              Species Acanthococcus transversus (Green, 1922)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus tricarinatus (Fuller, 1897)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus tripartitus (Fuller, 1897)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus tucurincae (Laing, 1929)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus ulmarius Danzig, 1975  
                                              Species Acanthococcus uvaeursi (Linnaeus, 1761) – Linnaeus' felt scale 
                                              Species Acanthococcus venezuelaensis (Foldi and Kozár, 2007)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus ventrispinus Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2008  
                                              Species Acanthococcus villosus (Froggatt, 1916)  
                                              Species Acanthococcus washingtonensis D. Miller and G. Miller, 1992 – Washington eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus whiteheadi D. Miller, 1991 – Whitehead eriococcin 
                                              Species Acanthococcus willinkae Kozár and Konczné Benedicty, 2008  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Source: ScaleNet, 4/2025, 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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