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Coccus

Coccus is a genus of scale insects in the family Coccidae. It includes species such as Coccus viridis, a major pest of coffee. The type species is Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Brown Soft Scale

speciesCoccus hesperidum

Green Coffee Scale

speciesCoccus viridis

citricola scale

speciesCoccus pseudomagnoliarum

Long Brown Scale

speciesCoccus longulus

Coccus celatus

speciesCoccus celatus

Coccus penangensis

speciesCoccus penangensis

Capparis Soft Scale

speciesCoccus capparidis

Orchid Soft Scale

speciesCoccus pseudohesperidum

Coccus erythrinae

speciesCoccus erythrinae

Coccus planchonii

speciesCoccus planchonii

Soft Green Scale

speciesCoccus alpinus

Coccus deltae

speciesCoccus deltae

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Coccus in Compendium of Materia Medica

Compendium of Materia Medica

李時珍 · 1596 · p.71

Coccus in Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants and Trees

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants and Trees

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.20

Coccus in Elements of Botany

Elements of Botany

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.182

Coccus in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.507

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 330201.