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Horse chestnut scale

Pulvinaria regalis Canard, 1968

Status not recordedinsects

The horse chestnut scale (Pulvinaria regalis) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 12 countries, including Belgium, Denmark and France.

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Quick facts about the horse chestnut 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
12 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the horse chestnut 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 horse chestnut scale is listed for 12 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Belgium
  2. Denmark
  3. France
  4. Germany
  5. Ireland
  6. Luxembourg
  7. Netherlands
  8. Norway
  9. Poland
  10. Romania
  11. Sweden
  12. Switzerland

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the horse chestnut 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 horse chestnut scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusPulvinaria
  7. SpeciesPulvinaria regalis Canard, 1968
Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Horse chestnut scale insectEnglish
  • Horse-chestnut scaleEnglish
  • KongeskjoldlusDanish
  • RosskastaniennapftschildlausGerman
  • Escama blanda algodonosa del castaño de IndiasSpanish
  • pulvinaire du marronnier d’IndeFrench
  • KoningsdopluisDutch
  • przylepnica królewskaPolish
  • HästkastanjsköldlusenSwedish
  • KoningsschildluisDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the horse chestnut scale

Other species in the same genus Pulvinaria.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the horse chestnut scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the horse chestnut scale for 12 countries, including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and Ireland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the horse chestnut scale?

The horse chestnut scale (Pulvinaria regalis) 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). Horse chestnut scale (Pulvinaria regalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/horse-chestnut-scale

MLA

“Horse chestnut scale (Pulvinaria regalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/horse-chestnut-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{horse_chestnut_scale_2026,
  title = {Horse chestnut scale (Pulvinaria regalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/horse-chestnut-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}