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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Scales and Mealybugs (Coccoidea) » Soft Scale Insects (Coccidae) » Coccus » Green Scale (Coccus viridis)

Species Coccus viridis - Green Scale

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
Gardenia eggs - Coccus viridis
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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