Coccus (insect)

Coccus
Coccus hesperidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Coccidae
Genus: Coccus
Linnaeus, 1758

Coccus is a genus of scale insects in the family Coccidae. Several species, such as Coccus viridis, a major pest of coffee, are major agricultural pests.[1] The type species is Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus.

  1. ^ Ananthakrishnan, Taracad Narayanan (2004). "Family Coccidae (soft scales, wax scales, tortoise scales)". In Nayar, K. Karunakaran; Ananthakrishnan, Taracad Narayanan; David, B. Vasantharaj (eds.). General and applied entomology (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-07-043435-6.