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Fig scale

Chrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The fig scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 111 countries, including Algeria, American Samoa and Argentina.

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Quick facts about the fig 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
111 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the fig 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 fig scale is listed for 111 countries.

FijiTanzaniaPapua New GuineaIndonesiaArgentinaChileDem. Rep. CongoKenyaHaitiDominican Rep.South AfricaMexicoUruguayBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrancePuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweSenegalNigeriaGuineaMalawiMozambiqueBurundiIsraelLebanonMadagascarTunisiaAlgeriaJordanOmanThailandMyanmarVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaBhutanPakistanSyriaPolandHungaryRomaniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.Sri LankaChinaTaiwanItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaSloveniaCzechiaJapanParaguayYemenSaudi ArabiaCyprusMoroccoEgyptEthiopiaUgandaTrinidad and Tobago
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Algeria
  2. American Samoa
  3. Argentina
  4. Barbados
  5. Belgium
  6. Bermuda
  7. Bhutan
  8. Brazil
  9. Bulgaria
  10. Burundi
  11. Cayman Islands
  12. Chile
  13. China
  14. Colombia
  15. Comoros
  16. Congo - Kinshasa
  17. Cook Islands
  18. Costa Rica
  19. Croatia
  20. Cuba
  21. Cyprus
  22. Czechia
  23. Denmark
  24. Dominica
  25. Dominican Republic
  26. Egypt
  27. El Salvador
  28. Ethiopia
  29. Fiji
  30. France
  31. French Guiana
  32. Georgia
  33. Germany
  34. Greece
  35. Guadeloupe
  36. Guatemala
  37. Guinea
  38. Guyana
  39. Haiti
  40. Honduras
Show 71 more countries
  1. Hong Kong SAR China
  2. Hungary
  3. Indonesia
  4. Israel
  5. Italy
  6. Jamaica
  7. Japan
  8. Jordan
  9. Kenya
  10. Kiribati
  11. Lebanon
  12. Madagascar
  13. Malawi
  14. Malaysia
  15. Malta
  16. Martinique
  17. Mauritius
  18. Mexico
  19. Mongolia
  20. Montserrat
  21. Morocco
  22. Mozambique
  23. Myanmar (Burma)
  24. Nauru
  25. Netherlands
  26. New Caledonia
  27. Nigeria
  28. Niue
  29. North Korea
  30. Oman
  31. Pakistan
  32. Panama
  33. Papua New Guinea
  34. Paraguay
  35. Peru
  36. Philippines
  37. Poland
  38. Portugal
  39. Puerto Rico
  40. Romania
  41. Samoa
  42. Saudi Arabia
  43. Senegal
  44. Seychelles
  45. Singapore
  46. Slovenia
  47. Solomon Islands
  48. South Africa
  49. South Korea
  50. Spain
  51. Sri Lanka
  52. St. Lucia
  53. St. Vincent & Grenadines
  54. Suriname
  55. Syria
  56. Taiwan
  57. Tanzania
  58. Thailand
  59. Tonga
  60. Trinidad & Tobago
  61. Tunisia
  62. Türkiye
  63. Tuvalu
  64. U.S. Virgin Islands
  65. Uganda
  66. United Kingdom
  67. Uruguay
  68. Venezuela
  69. Vietnam
  70. Yemen
  71. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the fig 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 fig scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusChrysomphalus
  7. SpeciesChrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Aspidiotus aonidum, Aspidiotus ficus, Chrysomophalus aonidum, Chrysomphalum aonidum, Chrysomphalus adonidum, Chrysomphalus aonidium, Chrysomphalus ficus, Coccus aonidum

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Black scaleEnglish
  • Circular black scaleEnglish
  • Circular purple scaleEnglish
  • Circular scaleEnglish
  • Citrus black scaleEnglish
  • Egyptian black scaleEnglish
  • Florida red scaleEnglish
  • Orange brown scaleEnglish
  • The coccus of the Indian-treeEnglish
  • الحشرة القشرية السوداءArabic
  • escama roja de FloridaSpanish
  • pou de FlorideFrench
  • cocciniglia di FloridaItalian
  • アカホシマルカイガラムシJapanese
  • Rode citrusschildluisDutch
  • cochonilha-purpuraPortuguese
  • Щитовка чёрная померанцеваяRussian
  • Akahoshi-maru-kaigaramushiroot
  • 褐圓盾介殼蟲Chinese
  • Queresa del ficusSpanish
  • Cochenille de l'orangerFrench
  • la cochenille de l'orangerFrench

Catalogue of Life

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the fig scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the fig scale for 111 countries, including Algeria, American Samoa, Argentina, Barbados and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the fig scale?

The fig scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum) belongs to the family Diaspididae 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). Fig scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chrysomphalus-aonidum

MLA

“Fig scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chrysomphalus-aonidum.

BibTeX
@misc{chrysomphalus_aonidum_2026,
  title = {Fig scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chrysomphalus-aonidum},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}