Subspecies Coccus hesperidum hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758

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• Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, C. 1758. II. Hemiptera. pp. 434-457 in Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [455].
• Calypticus laevis Costa, O.G. 1829. Fauna del Regno di Napoli, famiglia de coccinigliferi, o de' gallinsetti. Napoli : Emitteri 23 pp. [11].
• Coccus patellaeformis Curtis, J. (Ruricola) 1843. Coccus patellaeformis (Curtis). The brown limpet-scale. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette 30: 517-518 [517].
• Chermes lauri Boisduval, J.A. 1867. Essai sur l'entomologie horticole. Hémiptères. Paris 640 pp. [340].
• Lecanium angustatus Signoret, V. 1873. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 11e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 3: 395-448 [398].
• Lecanium maculatum Signoret, V. 1873. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 11e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 3: 395-448 [400].
• Kermes aurantj Alfonso, F. 1875. Trattato sulla coltivazione degli agrumi. Palermo : Luigi Pedone Lauriel 533 pp. [431].
• Lecanium alienum Douglas, J.W. 1886. Note on some British Coccidae (No. 4). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 23: 77-82 [77].
• Lecanium depressum simulans Douglas, J.W. 1887. Note on some British Coccidae (No. 7). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 24: 21-28 [28] [nom. nud.].
• Lecanium minimum Newstead, R. 1892. On new or little known Coccidae, chiefly English (No. 2). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 28: 141-147 [141].
• Lecanium assimile amaryllidis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1893. A list of West Indian Coccidae. Journal of the Institute of Jamaica 1: 252-256 [254] [nom. nud.].
• Lecanium assimile amaryllidis Cockerell, T.D.A. 1893. Notes on Lecanium, with a list of the West Indian species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 20: 49-56 [53].
• Lecanium terminaliae Cockerell, T.D.A. 1893. A list of West Indian Coccidae. Journal of the Institute of Jamaica 1: 252-256 [254].
• Lecanium ceratoniae Gennadius, P. 1895. Sur deux nouvelles cochenilles du caroubier dans l'Ile de Chypre (Hem.). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64: cclxxvii [cclxxvii].
• Lecanium nanum Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. Preliminary diagnoses of new Coccidae. Psyche (Cambridge) Supplement 4[1894–1896]: 18-21 [19] [described also as n. sp. in Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. On the Coccidae (scale insects) of Trinidad. Bulletin Trinidad Royal Botanic Gardens, Miscellaneous Information 2: iii–v (iv)].

  Secondary source:

   Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. On the Coccidae (scale insects) of Trinidad. Bulletin Trinidad Royal Botanic Gardens, Miscellaneous Information 2: iii-v.
• Lecanium minimum pinicola Maskell, W.M. 1897. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species and discussions of points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 29: 293-331 [310].
• Lecanium flaveolum Cockerell, T.D.A. 1897. Notes on new Coccidae. 1. A new coccid pest of greenhouses. 2. A Japanese coccid quarantined at San Francisco. Psyche (Cambridge) 8: 52-53 [52].
• Lecanium ventrale Ehrhorn, E.M. 1898. New Coccidae. The Canadian Entomologist 30: 244-246 [245].
• Lecanium (Calymnatus) hesperidum pacificum Kuwana, S.I. 1902. Coccidae from the Galapagos Islands. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 10: 28-33 [30].
• Lecanium signiferum Green, E.E. 1904. The Coccidae of Ceylon. London : Dulau & Co. Vol. 3. [197].
• Lecanium punctuliferum Green, E.E. 1904. The Coccidae of Ceylon. London : Dulau & Co. Vol. 3. [205].
• Coccus jungi Chen, F.G. 1936. Notes on the scale insects of citrus in several districts of East Chekiang, with description of one new species. Entomology and Phytopathology. Hangchow 4: 208-228 [218].
• Lecanium mauritiense Mamet, J.R. 1936. New species of Coccidae (Hemipt. Homopt.) from Mauritius. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 5: 90-96 [96].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Maskell, W.M. 1893. A few remarks on coccids. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 29: 103-105 [103] (synonymy of Chermes lauri Boisduval, 1867)
• Cockerell, T.D.A. 1897. Contributions to Coccidology. – II. American Naturalist 31: 588-592 [590] (synonymy of Lecanium ceratoniae Gennadius, 1895)
• Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [169] (synonymy of Calypticus laevis Costa, 1829; synonymy of Coccus patellaeformis Curtis, 1843; synonymy of Kermes aurantj Alfonso, 1875)
• Sanders, J.G. 1909. The identity and synonymy of some of our soft scale-insects. Journal of Economic Entomology 2: 428-448 [436] (synonymy of Lecanium angustatus Signoret, 1873; synonymy of Lecanium assimile amaryllidis Cockerell, 1893; synonymy of Lecanium flaveolum Cockerell, 1897; synonymy of Lecanium (Calymnatus) hesperidum pacificum Kuwana, 1902; synonymy of Lecanium minimum pinicola Maskell, 1897; synonymy of Lecanium nanum Cockerell, 1896; synonymy of Lecanium terminaliae Cockerell, 1893; synonymy of Lecanium ventrale Ehrhorn, 1898)
• Leonardi, G. 1920. Monografia delle cocciniglie Italiane. Portici : Della Torre 555 pp. [320] (synonymy of Lecanium alienum Douglas, 1886)
• De Lotto, G. 1959. Further notes on Ethiopian species of the genus Coccus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 22: 150-173 [160] (synonymy of Lecanium punctuliferum Green, 1904, Lecanium mauritiense Mamet, 1936)
• Boratynski, K.L. & Williams, D.J. 1964. Coccoidea. pp. 87-94 in Kloet, G.S. & Hinks, W.D (eds). Checklist of British Insects. London : Handbk. Ident. British Insects Vol. 11. [108] (synonymy of Lecanium minimum Newstead, 1892; synonymy of Lecanium signiferum Green, 1904)
• Ben-Dov, Y. 1976. The identity of two species from the 'Lecanium series' of Signoret (Homoptera: Coccidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 111[1975]: 115-116 [115] (synonymy of Lecanium maculatum Signoret, 1873)
• Tang, F.T. 1991. [The Coccidae of China]. Taiyuan, P. R. China : Shanxi United Universities Press. [75] (synonymy of Coccus jungi Chen, 1936)

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Sap-feeder.

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