Coccus
Linnaeus, 1758
soft scale insects
Species Guides
3- Coccus hesperidum(brown soft scale)
- Coccus longulus(Long Brown Scale)
- Coccus viridis(green scale)
Coccus is a of soft scale insects in the Coccidae, characterized by females that produce waxy coatings and feed on plant sap. The genus includes economically significant pests such as Coccus viridis, a major pest of coffee, and the type Coccus hesperidum. These insects are hemipterans with and are closely related to other scale insects and aphids.
Pronunciation
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Diet
Plant sap extracted through .
Human Relevance
Coccus viridis is a major pest of coffee . The has been observed on various cultivated plants causing damage through sap extraction.
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Taxonomic note
The name Coccus has been applied to unrelated organisms in historical literature, including bacterial cocci (spherical bacteria), but in modern Coccus refers specifically to this genus of scale insects in Coccidae. The bacterial genus Coccus is not validly published under the International Code of of .
Type species
Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758 is the type of the .
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
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