Soft brown scale. Image: Stephen James McWilliam / CC-BY
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Whānau
- Family
- Coccidae
Te Rahi
- He iti te hanga, e 2–3 mm te roa.
Size range
- Small, usually 2–3 mm long
Te Tītaringa
- He momo rāwaho
Distribution
- An introduced species
Te Huringa Ora
- He pepeke neke kore, ka noho noa ki te tipu, ngongo ai i te pia.
- Ko ngā punua anahe ka nekeneke.
- Whakararu ai i ngā tipu o te māra me ngā huruwhenua
Life history
- Sedentary plant–sucking insects
- Mobile only in juvenile stages
- Pests of garden plants and ferns