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Pyriform scale

Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell, 1894)

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The pyriform scale (Protopulvinaria pyriformis) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the pyriform scale

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pyriform scale live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pyriform scale as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Canary Islands
  2. Croatia
  3. France
  4. Israel
  5. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pyriform 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 pyriform scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusProtopulvinaria
  7. SpeciesProtopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell, 1894)

Synonyms Protopulvinaria agalmae, Protopulvinaria pyiformis, Pulvinaria newsteadi, Pulvinaria plana, Pulvinaria pyriformis

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Pyriform soft scaleEnglish
  • conchuela corazónSpanish
  • nashigata-kata-kaigaramushiJapanese
  • cochinilha-piriformePortuguese
  • Подушечница грушевиднаяRussian
  • 厚緣原綿介殼蟲Chinese
  • cochinilla piriformeSpanish
  • conchuela algodonosa del paltoSpanish
  • conchuela piriformeSpanish
  • ナシガタカイガラムシJapanese
  • フカノワタカイガラムシJapanese
  • Cochonilha-periformePortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pyriform scale

Other species in the same genus Protopulvinaria.

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Common questions

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Is the pyriform scale an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pyriform scale as introduced in 5 countries: Canary Islands, Croatia, France, Israel and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pyriform scale?

The pyriform scale (Protopulvinaria pyriformis) belongs to the family Coccidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pyriform scale (Protopulvinaria pyriformis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyriform-scale

MLA

“Pyriform scale (Protopulvinaria pyriformis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyriform-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{pyriform_scale_2026,
  title = {Pyriform scale (Protopulvinaria pyriformis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pyriform-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}