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Genus Coccus

Brown Soft Scale, Coccus hesperidum - Coccus hesperidum

Brown Soft Scale - Coccus hesperidum - female

Brown soft scales on eastern mistletoe - Coccus hesperidum - female

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

Explanation of Names

Coccus Linnaeus 1758

Numbers

8 spp. in our area(1)

Remarks

Some are serious pests

Internet References

Forestry images

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 July, 2006 - 7:10pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 17 April, 2013 - 3:29pm

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