''Crypticerya genistae'' is a species of giant scale insect in the tribe Iceryini. Adult females somewhat resemble the widespread ''

Icerya purchasi ''Icerya purchasi'' (common name: cottony cushion scale) is a scale insect that feeds on more than 80 families of woody plants, most notably on ''Citrus'' and ''Pittosporum''. Originally described in 1878 from specimens collected in New Zealand a ...

'' (cottony cushion scale), having a light orange body, black legs and a white fluted ovisac. However the ovisac is much larger, measuring , and is held either erect of parallel to the host plant. They are very similar in appearance to ''

Icerya rileyi ''Icerya'' is a genus of scale insects in the family Monophlebidae. It is named after physician-naturalist Dr. Edmond Icery of British Mauritius. Hermaphroditism Hermaphroditism is extremely rare in the insect world despite the comparatively com ...

'' and ''

Icerya littoralis ''Icerya'' is a genus of scale insects in the family Monophlebidae. It is named after physician-naturalist Dr. Edmond Icery of British Mauritius. Hermaphroditism Hermaphroditism is extremely rare in the insect world despite the comparatively com ...

''. Native to South America (including Brazil), ''C. genistae'' was accidentally introduced to Florida by 2005 and to the Cayman Islands by 2006.

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Monophlebidae Insects described in 1912 {{Coccoidea-stub