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Brown soft scale

Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedinsects

The brown soft scale (Coccus hesperidum) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the brown soft scale

Weight
Not recorded
Length
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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 soft scale live?

Not recorded

Is the brown soft 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 soft scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusCoccus
  7. SpeciesCoccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Calypticus hesperidum, Coccus hesperidum, Lecanium hesperidum

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • Brown soft-scaleEnglish
  • Soft brown scaleEnglish
  • The coccus of the greenhousesEnglish
  • puklice oranžovníkováCzech
  • VoksskjoldlusDanish
  • OrangenschildlausGerman
  • Escama blandaSpanish
  • Orangenfägad sköldlusEstonian
  • oranssikilpikkäFinnish
  • Cochenille marronFrench
  • cocciniglia degli agrumiItalian
  • ヒラタカタカイガラムシJapanese
  • 무화과깍지벌레Korean
  • Platte dopluisDutch
  • Misecznik cytrusowiecPolish
  • ложнощитовка мягкаяRussian
  • červec izbovýSlovak
  • orangefärgad vaxsköldlusSwedish
  • yumusak kosnilTurkish
  • 扁堅介殼蟲Chinese
  • Cochinilla blandaSpanish
  • Cochinilla blanda de los agriosSpanish
  • conchuela blandaSpanish
  • conchuela blanda de los citrusSpanish
  • Chermes des hespéridesFrench
  • Cochenille marbréeFrench
  • Pou des héspéridesFrench
  • Cocciniglia bassa degli agrumiItalian
  • Kahverengi Kabuklu BitTurkish

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Relatives of the brown soft scale

Other species in the same genus Coccus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the brown soft scale?

The brown soft scale (Coccus hesperidum) belongs to the family Coccidae in the order Hemiptera.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown soft scale (Coccus hesperidum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-soft-scale

MLA

“Brown soft scale (Coccus hesperidum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-soft-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{brown_soft_scale_2026,
  title = {Brown soft scale (Coccus hesperidum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-soft-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}