Mussel 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

62 countriessrc for Countries on record

The mussel scale is listed for 62 countries.

The same countries as a list

1. Algeria
2. Argentina
3. Armenia
4. Australia
5. Austria
6. Azerbaijan
7. Brazil
8. Bulgaria
9. Canada
10. Chile
11. China
12. Colombia
13. Croatia
14. Czechia
15. Denmark
16. Egypt
17. Estonia
18. Finland
19. France
20. Georgia
21. Germany
22. Greece
23. Hungary
24. Iran
25. Iraq
26. Ireland
27. Israel
28. Italy
29. Japan
30. Kazakhstan
31. Latvia
32. Lithuania
33. Luxembourg
34. Malta
35. Mexico
36. Montenegro
37. Morocco
38. Netherlands
39. New Zealand
40. Norway

Why a country list is not a range map

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderHemiptera
5. familyDiaspididae
6. genusLepidosaphes
7. SpeciesLepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Aspidiotus conchaeformis, Aspidiotus conchiformis, Aspidiotus falciformis, Aspidiotus juglandis, Aspidiotus pomorum, Aspidiotus pyrus-malus, Aspidious fraxini, Coccus amygdali, Coccus berberidis, Coccus linearis, Coccus ulmi, Coccus vlmi, Eulecanium berberidis, Eulecanium berberidis berberidis, Eulecanium berberidis major, Fiorinia grossulariae, Lecanium berberidis, Lecanium berberidis subsp. major, Lecanium juglandis, Lepidosaphes beckii oleae, Lepidosaphes bicolor, Lepidosaphes ceratoniae, Lepidosaphes fici, Lepidosaphes juglandis, Lepidosaphes linearis, Lepidosaphes mesasiatica, Lepidosaphes oleae, Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis oleae, Lepidosaphes pomorum, Lepidosaphes populi, Lepidosaphes tiliae, Lepidosaphes ulmi, Lepidosaphes ulmi bisexualis, Lepidosaphes ulmi candidus, Lepidosaphes ulmi cotini, Lepidosaphes ulmi oleae, Lepidosaphes ulmi rosae, Lepidosaphes ulmi ulicis, Lepidosaphes ulmi unisexualis, Lepidosaphes ulmi vitis, Lepidosaphes vulva, Lepidosaphis ulmi, Mytilaspis bicolor, Mytilaspis ceratoniae, Mytilaspis fraxini, Mytilaspis juglandis, Mytilaspis pomicorticis, Mytilaspis pomorum, Mytilaspis pomorum subsp. candidus, Mytilaspis pomorum ulicis, Mytilaspis pomorum vitis, Mytilaspis ulicis, Mytilaspis ulmi, Mytilaspis ulmicorticis, Mytilaspis vitis, Mytilococcus communis, Mytilococcus oleae, Mytilococcus populi, Mytilococcus tiliae, Mytilococcus ulmi

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{lepidosaphes_ulmi_2026,
  title = {Mussel scale (Lepidosaphes ulmi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lepidosaphes-ulmi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}