Directory of Coccidae Resources

Family of scale insects.

Resources in This Category

Ceroplastes rusci: Fig Wax Scale

http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/scales/fig_wax_scale.htm
Provides photographs and a description of this scale insect, its distribution, biology, host plants and economic importance.
Coccus viridis: Green Scale

http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/scales/green_scale.htm
Photographs and a description of this pest of citrus, its distribution, life history and habits, hosts, economic importance and management.
Eucalymnatus tesselatus: Tesselated Scale

http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/scales/tessellated_scale.htm
Provides photographs and a description of this scale insect, its distribution, biology, host plants and economic importance.
Parthenolecanium corni: Brown Elm Scale or European Fruit Lecanium

http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/brownelmscale.htm
Photographs of these scale insects and information on their hosts, symptoms, life cycle and description.
Parthenolecanium quercifex: Oak Lecanium Scale

http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Florida-Forest-Service/Our-Forests/Forest-Health/Forest-Health-Publications/Insects-and-Diseases/Oak-Lecanium-Scale
Provides a photograph and information.
Scale Insect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_insect
Article from Wikipedia on these scale-like parasites of plants which feed on sap drawn directly from the plant's vascular system.

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