Scientific name Asterolecanium coffeae Rank Species | Superfamily Coccoidea Genus Asterolecanium Order True bugs | |
Similar True bugs, Saissetia coffeae, Chrysomphalus, Pinnaspis, Ortheziidae | ||
Asterolecanium coffeae or yellow fringed scale is a pit scale insect pest on coffee plants, especially Coffea arabica, throughout tropical Africa, including Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. In addition to coffee plants it feeds on jacaranda and Photinia japonica.
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