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Beech coccus

Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936

Status not recordedinsects

The beech coccus (Cryptococcus fagisuga) is a species in the family Cryptococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 26 countries, including Armenia, Austria and Belgium.

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Quick facts about the beech coccus

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
26 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the beech coccus 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 beech coccus is listed for 26 countries.

CanadaRussiaNorwayFranceIranArmeniaSwedenPolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaGermanyBulgariaTurkeyCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsIrelandItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomGeorgiaSloveniaCzechia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Armenia
  2. Austria
  3. Belgium
  4. Bulgaria
  5. Canada
  6. Croatia
  7. Czechia
  8. Denmark
  9. France
  10. Georgia
  11. Germany
  12. Hungary
  13. Iran
  14. Ireland
  15. Italy
  16. Luxembourg
  17. Netherlands
  18. Norway
  19. Poland
  20. Romania
  21. Russia
  22. Slovenia
  23. Sweden
  24. Switzerland
  25. Türkiye
  26. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the beech coccus as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Canadainvasive
  2. Iran
  3. 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 beech coccus 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 beech coccus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCryptococcidae
  6. genusCryptococcus
  7. SpeciesCryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger, 1936

Synonyms Coccus fagi, Cryptococcus fagi, Eriococcus fagi, Kermes fagi, Pseudococcus fagi

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Beech bark scaleEnglish
  • Beech eriococcinEnglish
  • Beech scaleEnglish
  • Felted beech coccusEnglish
  • Woolly beech scaleEnglish
  • Bøgens uldlusDanish
  • buchenwollschildlausGerman
  • cochinilla del hayaSpanish
  • cochenille des écorcesFrench
  • cocciniglia del faggioItalian
  • beukewolluisDutch
  • boekeull-lusNorwegian
  • Войлочник буковыйRussian
  • červec bukovýSlovak
  • boksköldlusSwedish
  • BøgeskjoldlusDanish
  • Cochenille feutrée du hêtreFrench
  • BeukenschorsluisDutch
  • BeukenstamluisDutch
  • буковый войлочникRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the beech coccus

Other species in the same genus Cryptococcus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the beech coccus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the beech coccus for 26 countries, including Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria and Canada. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the beech coccus an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the beech coccus as invasive in 1 country: Canada. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the beech coccus?

The beech coccus (Cryptococcus fagisuga) belongs to the family Cryptococcidae 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

CreatureData. (2026). Beech coccus (Cryptococcus fagisuga). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/beech-coccus

MLA

“Beech coccus (Cryptococcus fagisuga).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/beech-coccus.

BibTeX
@misc{beech_coccus_2026,
  title = {Beech coccus (Cryptococcus fagisuga)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beech-coccus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}