Samuel, S.D., Balakrishnan, M.M., & Bhat, P.K. 1993 A review on brown scale (Saissetia coffeae) in India.. Indian Coffee 57(1-2): 23-24.

Notes: Abstract: This species is one of the important sucking pests of coffee; infests leaves, branches, flower buds and fruits; description of damage; synonymy; distributed in all coffee growing regions of India; other hosts include tea, ferns, guava, Adam's apple, pomelo, snake gourd, rainbow creeper, citrus, country almond, cinchona, ladies finger, rose, coccinia, sour pomelo, loranthus, asparagus, chekur mains, bamboo, adiantum, parthenium, Indian spinach and Jacaranda; brief description; biology; associated with ants such as Crematogaster spp. and Oecophylla smaragdina; natural enemies include Eublemma sp., Anysis saissetiae, Coccophagus cowperi, C. anthracinus, Encyrtus lecaniorum, Dicrodiplosis fulba, Megommata sp., Chrysopa sp., Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Aschersonia sp., and Podonectria coccicola. Keywords: biology.