Insect Pests of Fruit, Plantation, Medicinal & Aromatic Crops (2+1)

5. Brown scale

5. Brown scale - Saisettia coffeae Wlk. (Coccidae: Hemiptera)

Damage

• Both nymphs and adults infest the leaves and tender shoots causing yellowing and drying of leaves.
Bionomics

• Adult is hemispherical and the body covered by a snuff coloured hard shield.
  
• Nymph is yellow or greenish brown in colour.