''Saissetia'' is a genus of soft scale insects in the family
Coccidae
The Coccidae are a family of scale insects belonging to the superfamily Coccoidea. They are commonly known as soft scales, wax scales or tortoise scales. The females are flat with elongated oval bodies and a smooth integument which may be cover ...
. There are at least four described species in ''Saissetia''.
Species
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Saissetia coffeae''
(Walker, 1852) (hemispherical scale)
* ''
Saissetia miranda''
(Cockerell and Parrott, 1899)
* ''
Saissetia neglecta''
De Lotto, 1969
* ''
Saissetia oleae
''Saissetia oleae'' ( syn. ''Coccus oleae'') is a scale insect in the family Coccidae. It is considered one of the three main phytophagous parasites of the olive tree (''Olea europaea''), together with the olive fruit fly (''Bactrocera oleae'') ...
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(Olivier, 1791)
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Sternorrhyncha genera
Coccidae
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