A new species of soft scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on fig trees in Iran
Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 4, 2026

A Technique to Screen American Beech for Resistance to the Beech Scale Insect Cryptococcus fagisuga Lind.
Published on: May 27, 2014
Masumeh Moghaddam1, Hosien Faghih
1Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, P.O. Box 19395-1454, Iran. user@example.com.
Abstract:
The adult female of a soft scale insect species from Iran, Ericerus farsicus Moghaddam Faghih, sp. n. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), is described and illustrated. The species is placed in the subfamily Eulecaniinae and belongs to the Ericerus-group, based on possession of numerous stigmatic spines in each spiracular cleft. In addition, the soft scale species Saissetia miranda (Cockerell Parrott) is recorded as new pest on Ficus carica (Moraceae) in Iran.
Related Concept Videos
Epiphytes, Parasites, and Carnivores
Pollination and Flower Structure
Fungal Phylum Microsporidia

