Saissetia oleae

TaxID: 1661407

Basic Information

Saissetia oleae

Black Scale, Black scale

Saissetia oleae (syn. Coccus oleae) is a scale insect in the family Coccidae. It is considered one of the three main phytophagous parasites of the olive tree (Olea europaea), together with the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) and the olive moth (Prays oleae). Although it is a common parasite which occurs most often in olive trees, it is a polyphagous species, also attacking (but less frequently) citrus trees as well as various ornamental shrubs such as oleanders, pittosporums, sago palm, and euonymus.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Coccidae

Saissetia

oleae

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Saissetia oleae
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(c) Arturo@BY-NC-SA
Saissetia oleae
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(c) Ferran Turmo Gort@BY-NC-SA
Saissetia oleae
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(c) Claudio Maureira@BY-NC-SA
Saissetia oleae
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(c) alessandradalia@BY-SA
Saissetia oleae
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(c) James Bailey@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Adult female body oval, moderately convex. Marginal setae tending towards two sizes, mostly with pointed or slightly fimbriate apices. Legs with tibio-tarsal articulatory scleroses.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (6 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Angola Quarantine pests —
Azerbaijan Absent 2024
Iran A2 list 2018
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Nepal Quarantine pests —
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (27 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Belgium Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
Chile Present —
China Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Czechia Present —
Germany Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature