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Oak soft scale

Parthenolecanium rufulum (Cockerell, 1903)

Status not recordedinsects

The oak soft scale (Parthenolecanium rufulum) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 22 countries, including Armenia, Austria and Bulgaria.

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Quick facts about the oak soft 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
22 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the oak soft 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 oak soft scale is listed for 22 countries.

FranceArmeniaUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgSpainItalyGeorgiaSloveniaCzechia
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  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Armenia
  2. Austria
  3. Bulgaria
  4. Croatia
  5. Czechia
  6. France
  7. Georgia
  8. Germany
  9. Greece
  10. Hungary
  11. Italy
  12. Latvia
  13. Lithuania
  14. Luxembourg
  15. Moldova
  16. Poland
  17. Romania
  18. Slovenia
  19. Spain
  20. Switzerland
  21. Türkiye
  22. Ukraine

Is the oak soft 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 oak soft scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusParthenolecanium
  7. SpeciesParthenolecanium rufulum (Cockerell, 1903)

Synonyms Eulecanium alni rufulum, Eulecanium pulchrum, Eulecanium rufulum, Lecanium pulchrum

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • puklice dubováCzech
  • Ложнощитовка дубоваяRussian
  • puklica dubováSlovak
  • Fındık Kahverengi KoşniliTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the oak soft scale

Other species in the same genus Parthenolecanium.

Brown scale

Parthenolecanium corni

CoccidaeNo free photo yet

Peach scale

Parthenolecanium persicae

CoccidaeNo free photo yet

Oak lecanium

Parthenolecanium quercifex

CoccidaeNo free photo yet

Yew scale

Parthenolecanium pomeranicum

CoccidaeNo free photo yet

Prune scale

Parthenolecanium pruinosum

CoccidaeNo free photo yet

CompareOak soft scale vs Brown scaleOak soft scale vs Peach scaleOak soft scale vs Oak lecaniumOak soft scale vs Fletcher scale

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the oak soft scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the oak soft scale for 22 countries, including Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia and Czechia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the oak soft scale?

The oak soft scale (Parthenolecanium rufulum) 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). Oak soft scale (Parthenolecanium rufulum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oak-soft-scale

MLA

“Oak soft scale (Parthenolecanium rufulum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oak-soft-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{oak_soft_scale_2026,
  title = {Oak soft scale (Parthenolecanium rufulum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oak-soft-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}