Margarodes
Margarodes is a genus of scale insects in the family Margarodidae. The type species is Margarodes formicarum. The genus was erected in 1828 by Lansdown Guilding who found these waxy "pearls" in the soil on the island of Bahama, associated with ants, and named a species Margarodes formicarum.
Species
Margarodes aurelianus Hall, 1945Margarodes australis Jakubski, 1965Margarodes basrahensis Jakubski, 1965Margarodes capensis Giard, 1897Margarodes carvalhoi Costa, 1950Margarodes chukar La, 1967Margarodes congolensis Jakubski, 1965Margarodes dactyloides McDaniel, 1966Margarodes floridanus Jakubski, 1965Margarodes formicarum Guilding, 1829Margarodes gallicus Signoret, 1876Margarodes gimenezi Podtiaguin, 1941Margarodes greeni Brain, 1915Margarodes morrisoni McDaniel, 1965Margarodes newsteadi Brain, 1915Margarodes papillosus Green, 1912Margarodes paulistus Silvestri, 1939Margarodes peringueyi Brain, 1915Margarodes perrisii Signoret, 1876Margarodes prieskaensis Jakubski, 1965Margarodes rileyi Giard, 1897Margarodes ruber Brain, 1915Margarodes salisburiensis Hall, 1940Margarodes similis Morrison, 1924Margarodes sinensis Silvestri, 1938Margarodes trimeni Giard, 1897Margarodes upingtonensis De, 1983Margarodes vitis Philippi, 1884Margarodes vredendalensis De, 1983Margarodes williamsi Jakubski, 1965
Former species
Scale
Margarodes hameli Cockerell, 1902 now Porphyrophora hameliiMargarodes meridionalis Morrison, 1927 now Dimargarodes meridionalisMargarodes polonicus Cockerell, 1902 now ''Porphyrophora polonica''
Moths
Margarodes beryllalis Guenée, 1854 now Stemorrhages sericeaMargarodes exaula Meyrick, 1888 now Stemorrhages exaulaMargarodes indica now Diaphania indicaMargarodes nigropunctalis Bremer, 1864 now Palpita nigropunctalisMargarodes sericeolalis Guenée, 1862 now ''Stemorrhages sericea''