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Species Coccus viridis - Green Scale

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)

Superfamily Coccoidea (Scales and Mealybugs)

Family Coccidae (Soft Scale Insects)

Genus Coccus

Species viridis (Green Scale)

Other Common Names

Green Coffee Scale

Explanation of Names

Coccus viridis (Green 1889)

Size

adults 2.5-3.3 mm[Cite:185010]

Range

pantropical, prob. of Brazilian origin; adventive in our area (FL, esp. the south; well established)[Cite:185010]

Food

hosts: wide range of vegetable, fruit and ornamental crops; preferred host in FL: groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia)[Cite:185010]

Life Cycle

parthenogenetic and oviparous[Cite:185010]

Remarks

pest of citrus and other plants[Cite:185010]

earliest record in our area: FL 1942[Cite:185010]

Internet References

Fact sheet (Dekle & Fasulo 2001-2009)[Cite:185010]

Contributed by v belov on 17 April, 2013 - 3:29pm

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