Coccus (insect)

Coccus, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos), meaning "sphere", 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. The type species is Coccus hesperidum <small>Linnaeus</small>.

Species

• Coccus acaciae <small>(Newstead, 1917)</small>
• Coccus bromeliae <small>Bouché, 1833</small>
• Coccus capparidis <small>(Green, 1904)</small>
• Coccus celatus <small>De Lotto, 1960</small>
• Coccus gymnospori <small>(Green, 1908)</small>
• Coccus hesperidum <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>, the brown soft scale
• Coccus longulus <small>(Douglas, 1887)</small>
• Coccus penangensis <small>Morrison, 1921</small>
• Coccus pseudelongatus <small>(Brain, 1920)</small>
• Coccus pseudohesperidum <small>(Cockerell, 1895)</small>
• Coccus pseudomagnoliarum <small>(Kuwana, 1914)</small>
• Coccus formicarii <small>(Green, 1896)</small>
• Coccus viridis <small>(Green, 1889)</small>

Former species

• Coccus aceris <small>Fabricius, 1794</small> synonym for Eulecanium tiliae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus alni <small>Modeer, 1778</small> synonym for Eulecanium tiliae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus arens <small>Hodgson, 1968</small> synonym for Coccus capparidis <small>(Green, 1904)</small>
• Coccus arundinariae <small>Sanders, 1906</small> synonym for Maacoccus arundinariae <small>(Green, 1904)</small>
• Coccus bauhini <small>Targioni Tozzetti, 1867</small> synonym for Kermes ilicis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus bicruciatus <small>Sanders, 1906</small> synonym for Maacoccus bicruciatus <small>(Green, 1904)</small>
• Coccus cacti <small>Cockerell, 1893</small> synonym for Dactylopius coccus <small>Costa, 1829</small>
• Coccus celticum <small>Takahashi, 1955</small> synonym for Coccus longulus <small>(Douglas, 1887)</small>
• Coccus celtium <small>Sasscer, 1911</small> synonym for Coccus longulus <small>(Douglas, 1887)</small>
• Coccus coffeae <small>Kirkaldy, 1902</small> synonym for Saissetia coffeae <small>(Walker, 1852)</small>
• Coccus cypraeola <small>Dalman, 1826</small> synonym for Eulecanium tiliae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus deltae <small>Corseuil & Barbosa, 1971</small> synonym for Parthenolecanium perlatum <small>(Cockerell, 1898)</small>
• Coccus diversipes <small>Cockerell, 1905</small> synonym for Kilifia diversipes <small>(Cockerell, 1905)</small>
• Coccus elongatus <small>Sanders, 1909</small> synonym for Coccus longulus <small>(Douglas, 1887)</small>
• Coccus fagi <small>Baerensprung, 1849</small> ambiguous synonym for Cryptococcus fagisuga <small>Lindinger, 1936</small>
• Coccus fagi <small>Walker, 1852</small> ambiguous synonym for Cryptococcus fagisuga <small>Lindinger, 1936</small>
• Coccus ficus <small>Fernald, 1903</small> synonym for Coccus longulus <small>(Douglas, 1887)</small>
• Coccus frontalis <small>Sanders, 1906</small> synonym for Coccus longulus <small>(Douglas, 1887)</small>
• Coccus fuscus <small>Gmelin, 1790</small> synonym for Eulecanium tiliae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus iceryi <small>Tao et al., 1983</small> synonym for Pulvinaria iceryi <small>(Signoret, 1869)</small>
• Coccus ilicis <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> synonym for Kermes ilicis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus impar <small>Bodkin, 1917</small> synonym for Mesolecanium impar <small>(Cockerell, 1898)</small>
• Coccus lacca <small>Kerr, 1782</small> synonym for Kerria lacca <small>(Kerr, 1782)</small>
• Coccus mali <small>Schrank, 1781</small> synonym for Eulecanium tiliae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus marsupialis <small>Sanders, 1906</small> synonym for Marsipococcus marsupialis <small>(Green, 1904)</small>
• Coccus namunakuli <small>Ali, 1971</small> synonym for Parlatoria namunakuli <small>(Green, 1922)</small>
• Coccus perlatus <small>Fernald, 1903</small> synonym for Parthenolecanium perlatum <small>(Cockerell, 1898)</small>
• Coccus polonicus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> synonym for Porphyrophora polonica <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus pyri <small>Schrank, 1801</small> synonym for Eulecanium tiliae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus radicum <small>Beckmann, 1790</small> synonym for Porphyrophora polonica <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus rubi <small>Schrank, 1801</small> synonym for Eulecanium tiliae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus salicum <small>Fabricius, 1781</small> synonym for Eulecanium tiliae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus tiliae <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> synonym for Eulecanium tiliae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
• Coccus xylostei <small>Schrank, 1801</small> synonym for Eulecanium tiliae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

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