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Brown coffee scale

Saissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852)

Status not recordedinsects

The brown coffee scale (Saissetia coffeae) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 138 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria and Angola.

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Quick facts about the brown coffee 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
138 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the brown coffee 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 brown coffee scale is listed for 138 countries.

FijiTanzaniaPapua New GuineaArgentinaChileDem. Rep. CongoKenyaSudanHaitiDominican Rep.South AfricaMexicoUruguayBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweCameroonTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireSierra LeoneZambiaMalawiMozambiqueAngolaBurundiIsraelLebanonMadagascarTunisiaAlgeriaVanuatuCambodiaThailandMyanmarVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaIndiaBangladeshBhutanNepalPakistanAfghanistanTurkmenistanIranArmeniaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.New ZealandAustraliaSri LankaTaiwanItalyDenmarkGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaBruneiSloveniaEritreaJapanSaudi ArabiaMoroccoEgyptEthiopiaUgandaRwanda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Algeria
  3. Angola
  4. Anguilla
  5. Argentina
  6. Armenia
  7. Aruba
  8. Australia
  9. Austria
  10. Bangladesh
  11. Barbados
  12. Belgium
  13. Bermuda
  14. Bhutan
  15. Brazil
  16. Brunei
  17. Bulgaria
  18. Burundi
  19. Cambodia
  20. Cameroon
  21. Cape Verde
  22. Cayman Islands
  23. Chile
  24. Christmas Island
  25. Colombia
  26. Congo - Kinshasa
  27. Costa Rica
  28. Côte d’Ivoire
  29. Croatia
  30. Cuba
  31. Curaçao
  32. Denmark
  33. Dominica
  34. Dominican Republic
  35. Ecuador
  36. Egypt
  37. El Salvador
  38. Eritrea
  39. Estonia
  40. Ethiopia
Show 98 more countries
  1. Fiji
  2. France
  3. French Guiana
  4. French Polynesia
  5. Georgia
  6. Germany
  7. Ghana
  8. Greece
  9. Grenada
  10. Guadeloupe
  11. Guam
  12. Guatemala
  13. Guyana
  14. Haiti
  15. Honduras
  16. Hong Kong SAR China
  17. Hungary
  18. India
  19. Iran
  20. Ireland
  21. Israel
  22. Italy
  23. Jamaica
  24. Japan
  25. Kenya
  26. Kiribati
  27. Latvia
  28. Lebanon
  29. Madagascar
  30. Malawi
  31. Malaysia
  32. Maldives
  33. Malta
  34. Marshall Islands
  35. Martinique
  36. Mauritius
  37. Mexico
  38. Mongolia
  39. Montserrat
  40. Morocco
  41. Mozambique
  42. Myanmar (Burma)
  43. Nauru
  44. Nepal
  45. Netherlands
  46. New Caledonia
  47. New Zealand
  48. Norfolk Island
  49. North Korea
  50. Northern Mariana Islands
  51. Pakistan
  52. Palau
  53. Panama
  54. Papua New Guinea
  55. Peru
  56. Philippines
  57. Poland
  58. Portugal
  59. Puerto Rico
  60. Romania
  61. Rwanda
  62. Samoa
  63. Saudi Arabia
  64. Seychelles
  65. Sierra Leone
  66. Singapore
  67. Slovenia
  68. Solomon Islands
  69. South Africa
  70. South Korea
  71. Spain
  72. Sri Lanka
  73. St. Helena
  74. St. Kitts & Nevis
  75. St. Lucia
  76. St. Pierre & Miquelon
  77. St. Vincent & Grenadines
  78. Sudan
  79. Suriname
  80. Sweden
  81. Switzerland
  82. Taiwan
  83. Tanzania
  84. Thailand
  85. Togo
  86. Tonga
  87. Tunisia
  88. Türkiye
  89. Turkmenistan
  90. U.S. Virgin Islands
  91. Uganda
  92. Ukraine
  93. Uruguay
  94. Vanuatu
  95. Venezuela
  96. Vietnam
  97. Zambia
  98. Zimbabwe

Is the brown coffee 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 brown coffee scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusSaissetia
  7. SpeciesSaissetia coffeae (Walker, 1852)

Synonyms Chermes anthurii, Chermes filicum, Chermes hibernaculorum, Coccus coffeae, Eulecanium coffeae hibernacularum, Lecanium anthurii, Lecanium beaumontiae, Lecanium clypeatum, Lecanium coffeae, Lecanium coffeae clypeatum, Lecanium coffeae filicum, Lecanium coffeae hibernacularum, Lecanium filicum, Lecanium hemisphaericum, Lecanium hemisphaericum hibernaculorum, Lecanium hibernaculorum, Lecanium hybernaculorum, Saisettia coffeae, Saissetia anthurii, Saissetia beaumontiae, Saissetia coffee, Saissetia filicum, Saissetia hemisphaerica clypeatum, Saissetia hemisphaerica hibernaculorum, Saissetia hemisphaericum, Saissetia hemisphericum, Sassetia coffeae

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • Brown scaleEnglish
  • Hemisphaerical scaleEnglish
  • Hemispherical scaleEnglish
  • حشرة النصف الكروية الرخوةArabic
  • puklice hnědáCzech
  • NerieskjoldlusDanish
  • Braune kaffeeschildlausGerman
  • Escama del caféSpanish
  • parsakilpikirvaFinnish
  • Cochenille du caféierFrench
  • qenima hazi qaduritHebrew
  • ヤマタカカイガラムシJapanese
  • 철모깍지벌레Korean
  • HalveboldopluisDutch
  • vaeksthusskjoldlusNorwegian
  • cochnilha-hemisfericaPortuguese
  • Ложнощитовка полушаровиднаяRussian
  • växthussköldlusSwedish
  • Caparreta hemisfericaroot
  • Rệp sáp mềm bán cầuVietnamese
  • 咖啡硬介殼蟲Chinese
  • Halbkugelige napfschildlausGerman
  • conchuela hemisfericaSpanish
  • escama hemisfericaSpanish
  • parsakilpikkäFinnish
  • cochenille brune du cafféierFrench
  • cochenille hémisphériqueFrench
  • La cochenille de serreFrench
  • ハンエンカタカイガラムシJapanese
  • ヤマタカカタカイガラムシJapanese
  • polusharovidnaya lozhnoschitovkaRussian
  • han-en-kata-kaigaramushiroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown coffee scale

Other species in the same genus Saissetia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the brown coffee scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown coffee scale for 138 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla and Argentina. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the brown coffee scale?

The brown coffee scale (Saissetia coffeae) belongs to the family Coccidae in the order Hemiptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown coffee scale (Saissetia coffeae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-coffee-scale

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“Brown coffee scale (Saissetia coffeae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-coffee-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_coffee_scale_2026,
  title = {Brown coffee scale (Saissetia coffeae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-coffee-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}