Kingdom Animalia (animals) Eumetazoa (metazoans) Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) Protostomia (protostomes) Ecdysozoa Arthropoda (arthropods) Hexapoda Class Insecta (insects) Order Hemiptera Superfamily Coccoidea Family Coccidae Genus Saissetia Species Saissetia persimilis (black scale)
