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Barnacle scale

Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock, 1881

Status not recordedinsects

The barnacle scale (Ceroplastes cirripediformis) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 25 countries, including Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina and Bermuda.

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Quick facts about the barnacle scale

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
25 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the barnacle scale live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The barnacle scale is listed for 25 countries.

ArgentinaChileHaitiMexicoBoliviaPeruColombiaCosta RicaGuatemalaGuyanaPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaGreeceItalyGeorgiaPhilippinesEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Antigua & Barbuda
  2. Argentina
  3. Bermuda
  4. Bolivia
  5. Chile
  6. Colombia
  7. Costa Rica
  8. Cuba
  9. Egypt
  10. Georgia
  11. Greece
  12. Guadeloupe
  13. Guatemala
  14. Guyana
  15. Haiti
  16. Italy
  17. Jamaica
  18. Marshall Islands
  19. Martinique
  20. Mexico
  21. Peru
  22. Philippines
  23. Puerto Rico
  24. St. Lucia
  25. U.S. Virgin Islands

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the barnacle scale as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Ecuador
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the barnacle scale endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the barnacle scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusCeroplastes
  7. SpeciesCeroplastes cirripediformis Comstock, 1881

Synonyms Ceroplastes breviseta, Ceroplastes cerripidiformis, Ceroplastes cirrepediformis, Ceroplastes cirripediforme, Ceroplastes cultus, Ceroplastes cuneatus, Ceroplastes euphorbiae, Ceroplastes mexicanus, Ceroplastes plumbaginis, Ceroplastes rarus, Ceroplastes rotundus, Coccus cirripediformis

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Barnacle wax scaleEnglish
  • tortuguitaSpanish
  • フジツボロウムシJapanese
  • Ложнощитовка усоногоподобнаяRussian
  • 藤壺蠟介殼蟲Chinese
  • conchuela cerosaSpanish
  • escama de cera percebeSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the barnacle scale

Other species in the same genus Ceroplastes.

Fig scale

Ceroplastes rusci

CoccidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the barnacle scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the barnacle scale for 25 countries, including Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bermuda, Bolivia and Chile. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the barnacle scale an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the barnacle scale as introduced in 2 countries: Ecuador and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the barnacle scale?

The barnacle scale (Ceroplastes cirripediformis) belongs to the family Coccidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{barnacle_scale_2026,
  title = {Barnacle scale (Ceroplastes cirripediformis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/barnacle-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}