Several insect pests are related to the cultivation of conilon coffee, Coffea canephora (Rubiaceae), including (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha). Coccoids damage plants by sucking their sap, producing honeydew, and transmitting viruses. Parasitoids predators natural enemies that regulate population can be used in mealybug biological control. This study aimed survey scale insects associated with C. city ...

Introduction Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) feed on a wide variety of agricultural crops and forest ornamental trees worldwide. These pest damage plants not only by causing sap loss but also reducing the plant's photosynthetic activity. This is because honeydew they produce acts as substrate for mold, which covers leaf surfaces. In last decades, several outbreaks Physokermes spp . (soft...