Aspidiotinae is a large subfamily of armored scale insects, with approximately 169 genera.
Tribes
Aspidiotinae is made up of the following tribes:
- Aonidiini <small>Balachowsky</small> (Old World, mostly Australasian and Oriental, 36 genera)
- Aspidiotini <small>Westwood</small> (cosmopolitan, 88 genera)
- Gymnaspidini <small>Balachowsky</small> (Neotropical, 3 genera)
- Leucaspidini <small>Atkinson</small> (almost exclusively Old World, 11 genera)
- Odonaspidini <small>Ferris</small> (mostly Oriental, 5 genera)
- Parlatoriini <small>Leonardi</small> (mostly Oriental, 25 genera)
- Smilacicolini <small>Takagi</small> (Oriental, 1 genus)
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