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Notes: This paper reports the first record of coccid, C. cajani as a pest of pigeon pea in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. At the Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, field infestation by this insect was 16.5 and 21.00% during 2000-2001 and 2001-2002, respectively. The maximum population of coccid was recorded in November and December. The coccid infestation was characterized by sickly, wilted and dried up plants. Dirty white, hemispherical scales congregated on stems where these insects fed continuously.