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Red-bordered pyriform scale

Protopulvinaria longivalvata Green, 1909

Status not recordedinsects

The red-bordered pyriform scale (Protopulvinaria longivalvata) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 30 countries, including Argentina, Barbados and Belgium.

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Quick facts about the red-bordered pyriform 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
30 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the red-bordered pyriform 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 red-bordered pyriform scale is listed for 30 countries.

ArgentinaHaitiDominican Rep.MexicoPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaHondurasGuatemalaBelizeVenezuelaSurinamePuerto RicoJamaicaCubaThailandVietnamBelgiumSri LankaPhilippinesMalaysia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Barbados
  3. Belgium
  4. Belize
  5. Colombia
  6. Costa Rica
  7. Cuba
  8. Dominica
  9. Dominican Republic
  10. French Polynesia
  11. Grenada
  12. Guadeloupe
  13. Guatemala
  14. Haiti
  15. Honduras
  16. Hong Kong SAR China
  17. Jamaica
  18. Malaysia
  19. Martinique
  20. Mexico
  21. Panama
  22. Peru
  23. Philippines
  24. Puerto Rico
  25. Sri Lanka
  26. Suriname
  27. Thailand
  28. U.S. Virgin Islands
  29. Venezuela
  30. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the red-bordered 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 red-bordered pyriform scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusProtopulvinaria
  7. SpeciesProtopulvinaria longivalvata Green, 1909

Synonyms Protopulvinaria longivalvata bakeri, Protopulvinaria longivulvata

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Escama blanda de borde rojoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red-bordered pyriform scale

Other species in the same genus Protopulvinaria.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the red-bordered pyriform scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the red-bordered pyriform scale for 30 countries, including Argentina, Barbados, Belgium, Belize and Colombia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the red-bordered pyriform scale?

The red-bordered pyriform scale (Protopulvinaria longivalvata) belongs to the family Coccidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red-bordered pyriform scale (Protopulvinaria longivalvata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-bordered-pyriform-scale

MLA

“Red-bordered pyriform scale (Protopulvinaria longivalvata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-bordered-pyriform-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{red_bordered_pyriform_scale_2026,
  title = {Red-bordered pyriform scale (Protopulvinaria longivalvata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-bordered-pyriform-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}