coccid insect

/ˈkɑksɪd ˌɪnˈsɛkt/

Definitions of coccid insect

1. noun

   scale insects and mealybugs
   types:

   scale insect

   small homopterous insect that usually lives and feeds on plants and secretes a protective waxy covering

   mealy bug, mealybug

   scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

   soft scale

   an insect active in all stages

   wax insect

   any of various insects that secrete a waxy substance

   armored scale

   insect having a firm covering of wax especially in the female

   Dactylopius coccus, cochineal, cochineal insect

   Mexican red scale insect that feeds on cacti; the source of a red dye

   Pseudococcus fragilis, citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug

   destructive especially to citrus

   Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki

   Asiatic insect introduced accidentally into United States; pest on citrus and apple trees

   Planococcus citri, citrus mealybug

   feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus

   type of:

   homopteran, homopterous insect

   insects having membranous forewings and hind wings