# Coccus (insect)

Coccus is a genus of scale insects in the family Coccidae. Several species, such as Coccus viridis, a major pest of coffee, are major agricultural pests. The type species is Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus.

## Species

* Coccus acaciae (Newstead, 1917)
* Coccus bromeliae Bouché, 1833
* Coccus capparidis (Green, 1904)
* Coccus celatus De Lotto, 1960
* Coccus gymnospori (Green, 1908)
* Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758, the brown soft scale
* Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
* Coccus penangensis Morrison, 1921
* Coccus pseudelongatus (Brain, 1920)
* Coccus pseudohesperidum (Cockerell, 1895)
* Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana, 1914)
* Coccus formicarii (Green, 1896)
* Coccus viridis (Green, 1889)

## Former species

* Coccus aceris Fabricius, 1794 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus alni Modeer, 1778 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus arens Hodgson, 1968 synonym for Coccus capparidis (Green, 1904)
* Coccus arundinariae Sanders, 1906 synonym for Maacoccus arundinariae (Green, 1904)
* Coccus bauhini Targioni Tozzetti, 1867 synonym for Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus bicruciatus Sanders, 1906 synonym for Maacoccus bicruciatus (Green, 1904)
* Coccus cacti Cockerell, 1893 synonym for Dactylopius coccus Costa, 1829
* Coccus celticum Takahashi, 1955 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
* Coccus celtium Sasscer, 1911 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
* Coccus coffeae Kirkaldy, 1902 synonym for Saissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852)
* Coccus cypraeola Dalman, 1826 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus deltae Corseuil & Barbosa, 1971 synonym for Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell, 1898)
* Coccus diversipes Cockerell, 1905 synonym for Kilifia diversipes (Cockerell, 1905)
* Coccus elongatus Sanders, 1909 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
* Coccus fagi Baerensprung, 1849 ambiguous synonym for Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936
* Coccus fagi Walker, 1852 ambiguous synonym for Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936
* Coccus ficus Fernald, 1903 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
* Coccus frontalis Sanders, 1906 synonym for Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)
* Coccus fuscus Gmelin, 1790 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus iceryi Tao et al., 1983 synonym for Pulvinaria iceryi (Signoret, 1869)
* Coccus ilicis Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for Kermes ilicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus impar Bodkin, 1917 synonym for Mesolecanium impar (Cockerell, 1898)
* Coccus lacca Kerr, 1782 synonym for Kerria lacca (Kerr, 1782)
* Coccus mali Schrank, 1781 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus marsupialis Sanders, 1906 synonym for Marsipococcus marsupialis (Green, 1904)
* Coccus namunakuli Ali, 1971 synonym for Parlatoria namunakuli (Green, 1922)
* Coccus perlatus Fernald, 1903 synonym for Parthenolecanium perlatum (Cockerell, 1898)
* Coccus polonicus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for Porphyrophora polonica (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus pyri Schrank, 1801 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus radicum Beckmann, 1790 synonym for Porphyrophora polonica (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus rubi Schrank, 1801 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus salicum Fabricius, 1781 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus tiliae Linnaeus, 1758 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Coccus xylostei Schrank, 1801 synonym for Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)