Saissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852)
(Hemispherical Scale)

Interactions where Saissetia coffeae is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
sucks sap of live stem Captivity CYCADALES cycads Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Cycadophyta/Cycadopsida/Cycadales/Cycadalescycadslivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity CYCADALES cycads Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Cycadophyta/Cycadopsida/Cycadales/Cycadalescycadsliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live stem Captivity Asparagus plumosus Asparagus Fern Asparagales: Asparagaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus plumosus/Asparagus plumosusasparagus fernlivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity Asparagus plumosus Asparagus Fern Asparagales: Asparagaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus plumosus/Asparagus plumosusasparagus fernliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live stem Captivity ORCHIDACEAE orchids Asparagales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchidaceaeorchidslivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity ORCHIDACEAE orchids Asparagales Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Orchidaceaeorchidsliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live stem Captivity Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids Carnation Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybridscarnationlivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids Carnation Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybrids/Dianthus caryophyllus garden hybridscarnationliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live stem Captivity Begonia begonias Cucurbitales: Begoniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Begoniaceae/Begonia/Begoniabegoniaslivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity Begonia begonias Cucurbitales: Begoniaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Begoniaceae/Begonia/Begoniabegoniasliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live stem Captivity Nerium oleander Oleander Gentianales: Apocynaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderlivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity Nerium oleander Oleander Gentianales: Apocynaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/Nerium oleanderoleanderliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live stem Captivity Stephanotis floribunda Madagascar Jasmine Gentianales: Apocynaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Stephanotis floribunda/Stephanotis floribundaMadagascar jasminelivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity Stephanotis floribunda Madagascar Jasmine Gentianales: Apocynaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Stephanotis floribunda/Stephanotis floribundaMadagascar jasmineliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live stem Captivity Clerodendrum clerodendron Lamiales: Lamiaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clerodendrum/Clerodendrumclerodendronlivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity Clerodendrum clerodendron Lamiales: Lamiaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Clerodendrum/Clerodendrumclerodendronliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live stem Captivity Codiaeum codiaeums Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Codiaeum/Codiaeumcodiaeumslivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity Codiaeum codiaeums Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Euphorbiaceae/Codiaeum/Codiaeumcodiaeumsliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live stem Captivity Ficus figs Rosales: Moraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/Ficusfigslivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity Ficus figs Rosales: Moraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/Ficusfigsliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live stem Captivity FILICOPSIDA leptosporangiate ferns Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Filicopsida/Filicopsidaleptosporangiate fernslivestem Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced
sucks sap of live leaf Captivity FILICOPSIDA leptosporangiate ferns Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Saissetia coffeae/Saissetia coffeaehemispherical scale Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Filicopsida/Filicopsidaleptosporangiate fernsliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Saissetia coffeae (Hemispherical Scale) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Saissetia coffeae (Hemispherical Scale) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSaissetia coffeae (Hemispherical Scale)
FamilyCOCCIDAE (soft scales)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Saissetia coffeae (Hemispherical Scale)

Saissetia coffeae (Hemispherical Scale) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Saissetia coffeae (Hemispherical Scale):

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