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Citricola scale

Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana, 1914)

Status not recordedinsects

The citricola scale (Coccus pseudomagnoliarum) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 22 countries, including Algeria, Azerbaijan and China.

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Quick facts about the citricola 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
22 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the citricola 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 citricola scale is listed for 22 countries.

FranceIsraelTunisiaAlgeriaSouth KoreaTurkmenistanIranSyriaSwedenHungaryGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSpainChinaItalyAzerbaijanGeorgiaSloveniaJapanCyprusSerbia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Algeria
  2. Azerbaijan
  3. China
  4. Croatia
  5. Cyprus
  6. France
  7. Georgia
  8. Greece
  9. Hungary
  10. Iran
  11. Israel
  12. Italy
  13. Japan
  14. Serbia
  15. Slovenia
  16. South Korea
  17. Spain
  18. Sweden
  19. Syria
  20. Tunisia
  21. Türkiye
  22. Turkmenistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the citricola 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 citricola scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusCoccus
  7. SpeciesCoccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana, 1914)

Synonyms Coccus aegaeus, Coccus citricola, Coccus magnoliarum, Coccus psuedomagnoliarum, Lecanium pseudomagnoliarum

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Grey citrus scaleEnglish
  • Cochinilla blanda de los cítricosSpanish
  • ミカンカタカイガラムシJapanese
  • 어리목련깍지벌레Korean
  • Червец цитрусовыйRussian
  • Gri Yumuşak KoşnilTurkish
  • カンキツカタカイガラムシJapanese
  • Цитрусовая ложнощитовкаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the citricola scale

Other species in the same genus Coccus.

CompareCitricola scale vs Brown soft scaleCitricola scale vs Green scaleCitricola scale vs Long brown scaleCitricola scale vs Soft green scale

Common questions

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Where does the citricola scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the citricola scale for 22 countries, including Algeria, Azerbaijan, China, Croatia and Cyprus. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the citricola scale?

The citricola scale (Coccus pseudomagnoliarum) 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). Citricola scale (Coccus pseudomagnoliarum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/citricola-scale

MLA

“Citricola scale (Coccus pseudomagnoliarum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/citricola-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{citricola_scale_2026,
  title = {Citricola scale (Coccus pseudomagnoliarum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/citricola-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}