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Brown scale

Parthenolecanium corni (Bouché, 1844)

Status not recordedinsects

The brown scale (Parthenolecanium corni) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the brown 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
Not recorded

Where does the brown scale live?

Not recorded

Is the brown 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 scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusParthenolecanium
  7. SpeciesParthenolecanium corni (Bouché, 1844)

Synonyms Eulecanium corni, Lecanium corni, Lecanium corni corni

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • Brown apricot scaleEnglish
  • European fruit lecaniumEnglish
  • European fruit scaleEnglish
  • puklice švestkováCzech
  • HornskjoldlusDanish
  • Gewonliche SchildlausGerman
  • cochinilla de la vidSpanish
  • Põõsa-ebakilptäiEstonian
  • cochenille du cornouillerFrench
  • cocciniglia del cornioloItalian
  • ミズキカタイガラムシJapanese
  • 말채나무공깍지벌레Korean
  • Serbentinis skydamarisLithuanian
  • gewone dopluisDutch
  • vanlig sköldlusNorwegian
  • misecznik śliwowyPolish
  • Ложнощитовка акациеваяRussian
  • puklica slivkováSlovak
  • Fındık KoşniliTurkish
  • Almindelig skjoldlusDanish
  • GyvelskjoldlusDanish
  • HasselskjoldlusDanish
  • Zwetschgen-NapfschildlausGerman
  • conchuela cafe europea de la vidSpanish
  • Cochenille européenne des vergersFrench
  • Le lecanium du cornuillerFrench
  • Lécanine du cornouiller et de la vigneFrench
  • La cocciniglia del susinoItalian
  • モクレンノカタカイガラムシJapanese
  • モモカタカイガラムシJapanese
  • Kahverengi KoşnilTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the brown scale

Other species in the same genus Parthenolecanium.

Peach scale

Parthenolecanium persicae

CoccidaeNo free photo yet

Oak lecanium

Parthenolecanium quercifex

CoccidaeNo free photo yet

Yew scale

Parthenolecanium pomeranicum

CoccidaeNo free photo yet

Prune scale

Parthenolecanium pruinosum

CoccidaeNo free photo yet

CompareBrown scale vs Peach scaleBrown scale vs Oak lecaniumBrown scale vs Fletcher scaleBrown scale vs Yew scale

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the brown scale?

The brown scale (Parthenolecanium corni) belongs to the family Coccidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown scale (Parthenolecanium corni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-scale

MLA

“Brown scale (Parthenolecanium corni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_scale_2026,
  title = {Brown scale (Parthenolecanium corni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}