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Long brown scale

Coccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)

Status not recordedinsects

The long brown scale (Coccus longulus) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 64 countries, including American Samoa, Angola and Bermuda.

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Quick facts about the long brown 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
64 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the long brown 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 long brown scale is listed for 64 countries.

FijiPapua New GuineaKenyaSouth AfricaMexicoPeruColombiaPanamaHondurasGuatemalaGuyanaFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoCubaZimbabweSenegalAngolaIsraelLebanonMadagascarVanuatuThailandVietnamIndiaSwedenGermanyNetherlandsPortugalSpainNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.New ZealandSri LankaChinaTaiwanGeorgiaPhilippinesJapanSaudi ArabiaCyprusEgyptEthiopiaUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. American Samoa
  2. Angola
  3. Bermuda
  4. Cape Verde
  5. China
  6. Colombia
  7. Cook Islands
  8. Cuba
  9. Cyprus
  10. Ecuador
  11. Egypt
  12. Ethiopia
  13. Fiji
  14. France
  15. French Guiana
  16. Georgia
  17. Germany
  18. Guadeloupe
  19. Guam
  20. Guatemala
  21. Guyana
  22. Honduras
  23. Hong Kong SAR China
  24. India
  25. Israel
  26. Japan
  27. Kenya
  28. Kiribati
  29. Lebanon
  30. Madagascar
  31. Malta
  32. Marshall Islands
  33. Mauritius
  34. Mexico
  35. Netherlands
  36. New Caledonia
  37. New Zealand
  38. Northern Mariana Islands
  39. Palau
  40. Panama
Show 24 more countries
  1. Papua New Guinea
  2. Peru
  3. Philippines
  4. Portugal
  5. Puerto Rico
  6. Samoa
  7. Saudi Arabia
  8. Senegal
  9. Seychelles
  10. Solomon Islands
  11. South Africa
  12. Spain
  13. Sri Lanka
  14. St. Helena
  15. St. Lucia
  16. Sweden
  17. Taiwan
  18. Thailand
  19. Tonga
  20. U.S. Virgin Islands
  21. Uganda
  22. Vanuatu
  23. Vietnam
  24. Zimbabwe

Is the long brown 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 long brown scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusCoccus
  7. SpeciesCoccus longulus (Douglas, 1887)

Synonyms Coccus celticum, Coccus celtium, Coccus elongatus, Coccus frontale, Coccus logulus, Coccus longulus, Lecanium celtium, Lecanium chirimoliae, Lecanium ficus, Lecanium frontale, Lecanium kraunhianum, Lecanium longulus, Lecanium wistariae, Leucanium frontal, Mesolecanium uvicola, Parthenolecanium wistaricola

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • escama blanda alargadaSpanish
  • ナガカタカイガラムシJapanese
  • futonaga-kaigaramushiroot
  • 長堅介殼蟲Chinese
  • フトナガカイガラムシJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the long brown scale

Other species in the same genus Coccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the long brown scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the long brown scale for 64 countries, including American Samoa, Angola, Bermuda, Cape Verde and China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the long brown scale?

The long brown scale (Coccus longulus) 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). Long brown scale (Coccus longulus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-brown-scale

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BibTeX
@misc{long_brown_scale_2026,
  title = {Long brown scale (Coccus longulus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-brown-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}