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Red pine scale

Matsucoccus matsumurae (Kuwana, 1905)

Status not recordedinsects

The red pine scale (Matsucoccus matsumurae) is a species in the family Matsucoccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Japan, South Korea and Sweden.

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Quick facts about the red pine 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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the red pine 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 pine scale is listed for 3 countries.

South KoreaSwedenJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Japan
  2. South Korea
  3. Sweden

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the red pine scale as introduced in 2 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Chinainvasive
  2. 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 red pine 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 pine scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyMatsucoccidae
  6. genusMatsucoccus
  7. SpeciesMatsucoccus matsumurae (Kuwana, 1905)

Synonyms Matsococcus matsumurae, Matsucoccus matsunurae, Matsucoccus resinosae, Matsucoccus thunbergianae, Xylococcus matsumurae

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Japanese pine bast scaleEnglish
  • Cochinilla del pino de JapónSpanish
  • matsu-moguri-kaigaramushiroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red pine scale

Other species in the same genus Matsucoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the red pine scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the red pine scale for 3 countries: Japan, South Korea and Sweden. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the red pine scale an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the red pine scale as invasive in 1 country: China. It lists it as introduced in 2 in all.

What kind of animal is the red pine scale?

The red pine scale (Matsucoccus matsumurae) belongs to the family Matsucoccidae 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). Red pine scale (Matsucoccus matsumurae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-pine-scale

MLA

“Red pine scale (Matsucoccus matsumurae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-pine-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{red_pine_scale_2026,
  title = {Red pine scale (Matsucoccus matsumurae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-pine-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}