Ensign coccid
Orthezia urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedinsects
The ensign coccid (Orthezia urticae) is a species in the family Ortheziidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 33 countries, including Algeria, Austria and Bulgaria.
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Quick facts about the ensign coccid
- 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
- 33 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does the ensign coccid 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 ensign coccid is listed for 33 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the ensign coccid 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 ensign coccid classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyOrtheziidae
- genusOrthezia
- SpeciesOrthezia urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Aphis urticae, Aphis urticata, Coccomytilus dispar, Coccus characias, Coccus dubius, Coccus glechomae, Dorthesia urticae, Dorthezia characias, Dorthezia delavauxii, Dorthezia dispar, Lepidosaphes dispar, Mytilaspis dispar, Orthezia arenariae, Orthezia characias, Orthezia maenariensis, Orthezia martelli
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Nettle ensign scaleEnglish
- NældelusDanish
- cochenille de l'OrtieFrench
- 도롱이깍지벌레Korean
- NældesæklusDanish
Relatives of the ensign coccid
Other species in the same genus Orthezia.
CompareEnsign coccid vs Atriplex ensign scaleEnsign coccid vs Newcomber's ensign scaleEnsign coccid vs Orthezia ambrosicolaEnsign coccid vs Orthezia argrimoniae
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the ensign coccid live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the ensign coccid for 33 countries, including Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Cape Verde and Croatia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the ensign coccid?
The ensign coccid (Orthezia urticae) belongs to the family Ortheziidae 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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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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