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Capparis soft scale

Coccus capparidis (Green, 1904)

Status not recordedinsects

The capparis soft scale (Coccus capparidis) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 11 countries, including Bahamas, Cuba and Egypt.

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Quick facts about the capparis soft 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
11 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the capparis soft 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 capparis soft scale is listed for 11 countries.

BahamasHondurasCubaIsraelIndiaSri LankaEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Bahamas
  2. Cuba
  3. Egypt
  4. Honduras
  5. Hong Kong SAR China
  6. India
  7. Israel
  8. Kiribati
  9. Samoa
  10. Sri Lanka
  11. Tonga

Is the capparis 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 capparis soft scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusCoccus
  7. SpeciesCoccus capparidis (Green, 1904)

Synonyms Coccus arens, Lecanium capparidis

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • حشرة الصروب الرخوةArabic

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the capparis soft scale

Other species in the same genus Coccus.

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Common questions

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Where does the capparis soft scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the capparis soft scale for 11 countries, including Bahamas, Cuba, Egypt, Honduras and Hong Kong SAR China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the capparis soft scale?

The capparis soft scale (Coccus capparidis) 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). Capparis soft scale (Coccus capparidis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/capparis-soft-scale

MLA

“Capparis soft scale (Coccus capparidis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/capparis-soft-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{capparis_soft_scale_2026,
  title = {Capparis soft scale (Coccus capparidis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/capparis-soft-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}