Asterolecanium coffeae
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Asterolecaniidae |
| Genus: | Asterolecanium |
| Species: | A. coffeae |
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| Asterolecanium coffeae | |
Asterolecanium coffeae or yellow fringed scale is a pit scale insect pest on coffee plants, especially Coffea arabica, throughout tropical Africa, including Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.[2] In addition to coffee plants it feeds on jacaranda and Photinia japonica.[3]
