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Coccus africanus

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Coccus africanus is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 6 countries, including Angola, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

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Quick facts about Coccus africanus

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
6 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Coccus africanus 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.

Coccus africanus is listed for 6 countries.

KenyaNigeriaAngolaEritreaEthiopiaUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Angola
  2. Eritrea
  3. Ethiopia
  4. Kenya
  5. Nigeria
  6. Uganda

Is Coccus africanus 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 Coccus africanus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusCoccus
  7. SpeciesCoccus africanus (Newstead, 1898)

Synonyms Coccus viridis africanus, Lecanium africanus, Lecanium viride africanum

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Coccus africanus

Other species in the same genus Coccus.

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Common questions

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Where does Coccus africanus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Coccus africanus for 6 countries, including Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Coccus africanus?

Coccus africanus (Coccus africanus) 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). Coccus africanus (Coccus africanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/coccus-africanus

MLA

“Coccus africanus (Coccus africanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/coccus-africanus.

BibTeX
@misc{coccus_africanus_2026,
  title = {Coccus africanus (Coccus africanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coccus-africanus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}