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Long scale

Lepidosaphes gloverii (Packard, 1869)

Status not recordedinsects

The long scale (Lepidosaphes gloverii) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 84 countries, including Algeria, Australia and Azerbaijan.

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Quick facts about the long 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
84 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the long 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 scale is listed for 84 countries.

FijiTanzaniaPapua New GuineaDominican Rep.RussiaSouth AfricaMexicoUruguayBoliviaColombiaCosta RicaHondurasGuatemalaBelizeVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweSenegalNigeriaCameroonGhanaGuineaSierra LeoneMozambiqueIsraelLebanonMadagascarGambiaAlgeriaCambodiaThailandMyanmarVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaBangladeshBhutanPakistanTurkmenistanIranSwedenBelarusRomaniaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaPortugalSpainNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.AustraliaSri LankaChinaTaiwanItalyAzerbaijanGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaJapanMoroccoEgyptUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Algeria
  2. Australia
  3. Azerbaijan
  4. Bangladesh
  5. Barbados
  6. Belarus
  7. Belize
  8. Bhutan
  9. Bolivia
  10. Cambodia
  11. Cameroon
  12. Cayman Islands
  13. China
  14. Colombia
  15. Cook Islands
  16. Costa Rica
  17. Croatia
  18. Cuba
  19. Curaçao
  20. Dominican Republic
  21. Ecuador
  22. Egypt
  23. Fiji
  24. France
  25. Gambia
  26. Georgia
  27. Ghana
  28. Greece
  29. Guadeloupe
  30. Guam
  31. Guatemala
  32. Guinea
  33. Guyana
  34. Honduras
  35. Hong Kong SAR China
  36. Iran
  37. Israel
  38. Italy
  39. Jamaica
  40. Japan
Show 44 more countries
  1. Lebanon
  2. Madagascar
  3. Malaysia
  4. Malta
  5. Mauritius
  6. Mexico
  7. Montserrat
  8. Morocco
  9. Mozambique
  10. Myanmar (Burma)
  11. New Caledonia
  12. Nigeria
  13. Niue
  14. North Korea
  15. Northern Mariana Islands
  16. Pakistan
  17. Papua New Guinea
  18. Philippines
  19. Portugal
  20. Puerto Rico
  21. Romania
  22. Russia
  23. Samoa
  24. Senegal
  25. Sierra Leone
  26. Solomon Islands
  27. South Africa
  28. South Korea
  29. Spain
  30. Sri Lanka
  31. Suriname
  32. Sweden
  33. Taiwan
  34. Tanzania
  35. Thailand
  36. Tonga
  37. Türkiye
  38. Turkmenistan
  39. U.S. Virgin Islands
  40. Uganda
  41. Uruguay
  42. Venezuela
  43. Vietnam
  44. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the long 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 scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusLepidosaphes
  7. SpeciesLepidosaphes gloverii (Packard, 1869)

Synonyms Aspidiotus gloverii, Coccus gloveri, Coccus gloverii, Cornuaspis gloverii, Insulaspis gloverii, Lepidosaphes gloveri, Lepidosaphes glowerii, Lepidosaphis gloverii, Mitiella sexpina, Mytiella sexspina, Mytilaspis gloveri, Mytilaspis gloverii, Mytilella sexspina, Mytilococcus gloverii, Opuntiaspis sexspina

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Citrus long scaleEnglish
  • Glover scaleEnglish
  • Glover's mussel scaleEnglish
  • Glover's scaleEnglish
  • Long mussel scaleEnglish
  • Mussel-shell scaleEnglish
  • Schmale KommaschildlausGerman
  • escama largaSpanish
  • cochenille de GloverFrench
  • cocciniglia serpetta degli agrumiItalian
  • 긴굴깍지벌레Korean
  • Щитовка палочковиднаяRussian
  • virgul kosniliTurkish
  • escama de GloverSpanish
  • escama de MaskellSpanish
  • guagua largaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the long scale

Other species in the same genus Lepidosaphes.

Comma scale

Lepidosaphes beckii

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

CompareLong scale vs Mussel scaleLong scale vs Comma scaleLong scale vs Newstead scaleLong scale vs Kirgis comma scale

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the long scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the long scale for 84 countries, including Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh and Barbados. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the long scale?

The long scale (Lepidosaphes gloverii) belongs to the family Diaspididae 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 scale (Lepidosaphes gloverii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-scale

MLA

“Long scale (Lepidosaphes gloverii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{long_scale_2026,
  title = {Long scale (Lepidosaphes gloverii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}