BRC - Database of Insects and their Food Plants


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Family	Coccidae
Sub Family
Description	Soft scales or coccids
Background to Family	A family containing many polyphagous glasshouse pests, often recorded from tens or even hundreds of hosts. Most hosts are ornamental perennials or broadleaved trees and shrubs; a minority are monocots or conifers.

No. taxa in DBIF	46
No. interactions	1173
% interactions with British data	see notes
No. records	1219
% taxa with British data	see notes
Notes	The Coccoidea, or scale insects, are highly adapted, sedentary feeders on mostly Angiosperm hosts. Females have neither eyes or wings, and legs and antennae are reduced or absent. The first instar 'crawler' is the dispersive stage, as is the short-lived, winged male. Females usually reproduce parthenogenetically. Most records in the database are derived from the slide collection of The Natural History Museum. ; Geographical sources of the records refer to both British and foreign regions. They indicate where the scale was recorded and where the host plant originated. Many, if not most, species will be unestablished in the wild in Great Britain.;
Notes on Sources
Most recent source	1985

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.


Source	Burges, G. & Gal, T.(1981) Memorie Soc. ent. ital. 60:2 105-110:108
Source	Danzig, Ye. M.(1975) Ent. Obozr. 54:4 69-72:69
Source	Meirleire, H. de(1984) Phytoma 354 37-38:37
Source	Williams, D.J.(1985) Entomologist's Gaz. 36:2 135-144:136
Source	Williams, D.J.(1985) Entomologist's Gaz. 36:2 135-144:137
Source	Crowson, R.A. (1977-08-03) Papillionaceae: :1
Source	Kozar, F. & Konstantinova, G.M.(1981) Acta Phytopathol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16 211-222:221
Source	Danzig, Ye. M.(1975) Ent. Obozr. 54:4 69-72:71
Source	Burges, G. & Gal, T.(1981) Memorie Soc. ent. ital. 60:2 105-110:107
Source	Speight, M. & Nicol, M.(1984) New Scient. 101:1404 40-42:41
Source	() Hemiptera: Coccoidea Slide Collection :
Source	Manawadu, D.(1986) Syst. entomol. 11:3 317-326:322
Source	Speight, M.(1984) Arboric. J. 8 287-290:289
Source	Bognar, S. & Vinis, G.(1979) Acta Agron. Hung. 28 13-26:17
Source	Cross, J.V.(1983) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. 2368 1-36:21
Source	Boratynski, K. & Dicker, G.H.L.(1979) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. :88 1-7:2
Source	Bognar, S. & Vinis, G.(1979) Acta Agron. Hung. 28 13-26:16

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