Green Coffee Scale

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Coccus viridis

Green Coffee Scale, a reference photo
Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 1.0 (licence)

Coccus viridis is a soft scale insect in the family Coccidae with a wide host range. It is commonly known as green scale or sometimes coffee green scale because it is a major pest of coffee crops throughout the world.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Green Coffee Scale being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Coccidae
Genus
Coccus
Species
Coccus viridis

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