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.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- Algeria
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cayman Islands
- China
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Fiji
- France
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Iran
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
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- Lebanon
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar (Burma)
- New Caledonia
- Nigeria
- Niue
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- Russia
- Samoa
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Uganda
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
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?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyDiaspididae
- genusLepidosaphes
- 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
Relatives of the long scale
Other species in the same genus Lepidosaphes.
Mussel scale
Lepidosaphes ulmi
Comma scale
Lepidosaphes beckii
Newstead scale
Lepidosaphes newsteadi
Kirgis comma scale
Lepidosaphes malicola
Eucalyptus mussel scale
Lepidosaphes multipora
Maskell scale
Lepidosaphes pallida
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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