Saissetia is a genus of soft scale insects in the family Coccidae. It is commonly known as brown soft scale. It has been recorded eating the honeydew of psyllids, soft scale and felt scale insects. Male brown soft scale insects are rarely found. "L. lecanii" itself appears primarily to be a pathogen of soft scale insects (Coccidae). Unlike most soft scale insects, the female of this species is able to move around. The brown soft scale is ovoviviparous and produces young mostly by parthenogenesis. The brown soft scale is polyphagous, meaning it feeds on many species of plants.