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Peach scale

Parthenolecanium persicae (Fabricius, 1776)

Status not recordedinsects

The peach scale (Parthenolecanium persicae) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 50 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria and Armenia.

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Quick facts about the peach 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
50 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the peach 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 peach scale is listed for 50 countries.

KazakhstanChileMexicoUruguayVenezuelaFranceZimbabweIsraelAlgeriaSouth KoreaIndiaPakistanAfghanistanTajikistanTurkmenistanIranArmeniaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgPortugalSpainNew ZealandSri LankaTaiwanItalyDenmarkGeorgiaSloveniaCzechiaJapanCyprusMoroccoEgyptEthiopiaSerbia
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The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Algeria
  3. Armenia
  4. Austria
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Chile
  7. Croatia
  8. Cyprus
  9. Czechia
  10. Denmark
  11. Egypt
  12. Ethiopia
  13. France
  14. Georgia
  15. Germany
  16. Greece
  17. Hungary
  18. India
  19. Iran
  20. Israel
  21. Italy
  22. Japan
  23. Kazakhstan
  24. Luxembourg
  25. Malta
  26. Mauritius
  27. Mexico
  28. Micronesia
  29. Moldova
  30. Morocco
  31. New Zealand
  32. Pakistan
  33. Poland
  34. Portugal
  35. Romania
  36. Serbia
  37. Slovenia
  38. South Korea
  39. Spain
  40. Sri Lanka
Show 10 more countries
  1. Sweden
  2. Switzerland
  3. Taiwan
  4. Tajikistan
  5. Türkiye
  6. Turkmenistan
  7. Ukraine
  8. Uruguay
  9. Venezuela
  10. Zimbabwe

Is the peach 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 peach scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusParthenolecanium
  7. SpeciesParthenolecanium persicae (Fabricius, 1776)

Synonyms Chermes persicae, Coccus clematidis, Coccus clematitis, Coccus costatus, Coccus elongatus, Coccus genistae, Coccus mori, Coccus persicorum, Coccus spini, Eulecanium cecconi, Eulecanium magnoliarum subsp. hortensiae, Lecanium cecconi, Lecanium cymbiformis, Lecanium cymbyformis, Lecanium elongatum, Lecanium genistae, Lecanium magnoliarum, Lecanium mori, Lecanium persicae, Lecanium persicae subsp. goidanichi, Lecanium persicochilense, Lecanium sarothamni, Lecanium spinosum, Palaeolecanium costatus, Palaeolecanium persicae, Partenolecnium persicae, Parthelonecanium persicae, Parthenolecanium persicae persicae, Parthenolecanium persicae spinosum, Parthenolecanium thymi

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • European peach scaleEnglish
  • Peach soft scaleEnglish
  • حشرة الخوخ الرخوةArabic
  • ferskenskjoldlusDanish
  • conchuela grande cafe de la vidSpanish
  • cochenille lécanine du pêcherFrench
  • cocciniglia del pescoItalian
  • チャノカタカイガラムシJapanese
  • 복숭아공깍지벌레Korean
  • PerzikdopluisDutch
  • Персиковая ложнощитовкаRussian
  • Avrupa kosniliTurkish
  • chano-kata-kaigaramushiroot
  • mokkisimon soxtaqalqondorUzbek
  • Cochenille à carapace du pêcherFrench
  • ブドウカタカイガラムシJapanese
  • Ложнощитовка челноковиднаяRussian
  • persikovaya lozhnoschitovkaRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the peach scale

Other species in the same genus Parthenolecanium.

Brown scale

Parthenolecanium corni

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

ComparePeach scale vs Brown scalePeach scale vs Oak lecaniumPeach scale vs Fletcher scalePeach scale vs Yew scale

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the peach scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the peach scale for 50 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Austria and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the peach scale?

The peach scale (Parthenolecanium persicae) 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). Peach scale (Parthenolecanium persicae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/peach-scale

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“Peach scale (Parthenolecanium persicae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/peach-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{peach_scale_2026,
  title = {Peach scale (Parthenolecanium persicae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/peach-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}