Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner)
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Nigra scale
![[Parasaissetia nigra]. Two adult females and some settled crawlers (pale yellow-green).](/assets/Discover-Our-Research/Biodiversity/Plants-fungi-arthropods-bacteria/Invertebrate-Systematics/scale-insects/Parasaissetia_nigra.jpg "[Parasaissetia nigra]. Two adult females and some settled crawlers (pale yellow-green).")
[Parasaissetia nigra]. Two adult females and some settled crawlers (pale yellow-green).
Nietner named this species nigra, meaning black, in 1861.
Status in New Zealand: an exotic (adventive) species, first recorded here in 1879. Not important economically. It is often attended by ants feeding on honeydew. Not found on native plants.
Biology: probably one generation per year. Nigra scale is parthenogenetic and there are no males.
Found on the stems and leaves of:
'broom', Chrysanthemoides monolifera [boneseed], Citrus, Daphne sp., Feijoa sellowiana, Ilex sp. [holly], Iris germanica [flag iris], Prunus armeniaca [apricot].