''Saissetia'' is a genus of soft scale insects in the family
Coccidae
Coccidae, from Ancient Greek (''kókkos''), meaning "kernel" or "Kermes (insect), Kermes", are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Scale insect, Coccoidea. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales ...
. There are at least four described species in ''Saissetia''.
Species
* ''
Saissetia coffeae''
(Walker, 1852) (hemispherical scale)
* ''
Saissetia miranda''
(Cockerell and Parrott, 1899)
* ''
Saissetia neglecta''
De Lotto, 1969
* ''
Saissetia oleae''
(Olivier, 1791)
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Sternorrhyncha genera
Coccidae
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