# Long brown scale (*Coccus longulus*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-brown-scale  
Data as of: 2026-11-11

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.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 countries |

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Hemiptera
- family: Coccidae
- genus: Coccus
- species: *Coccus 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*

## Where it has been recorded

Countries with openly licensed sighting records on GBIF (records in brackets). Recorded sightings, not a definitive range.

Angola (0), American Samoa (0), Bermuda (0), Cook Islands (0), China (0), Colombia (0), Cuba (0), Cape Verde (0), Cyprus (0), Germany (0), Ecuador (0), Egypt (0), Spain (0), Ethiopia (0), Fiji (0), France (0), Georgia (0), French Guiana (0), Guadeloupe (0), Guatemala (0), Guam (0), Guyana (0), Hong Kong SAR China (0), Honduras (0), Israel (0), India (0), Japan (0), Kenya (0), Kiribati (0), Lebanon (0), St. Lucia (0), Sri Lanka (0), Madagascar (0), Marshall Islands (0), Northern Mariana Islands (0), Malta (0), Mauritius (0), Mexico (0), New Caledonia (0), Netherlands (0), New Zealand (0), Panama (0), Peru (0), Papua New Guinea (0), Philippines (0), Puerto Rico (0), Portugal (0), Palau (0), Saudi Arabia (0), Solomon Islands (0), Seychelles (0), Sweden (0), St. Helena (0), Senegal (0), Thailand (0), Tonga (0), Taiwan (0), Uganda (0), U.S. Virgin Islands (0), Vietnam (0), and 4 more

## Common questions

### 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

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