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Soft green scale

Coccus alpinus De Lotto, 1960

Status not recordedinsects

The soft green scale (Coccus alpinus) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 10 countries, including Angola, Congo - Brazzaville and Congo - Kinshasa.

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Quick facts about the soft green 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
10 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the soft green 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 soft green scale is listed for 10 countries.

TanzaniaDem. Rep. CongoKenyaZimbabweCongoMalawiAngolaEritreaEthiopiaUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Angola
  2. Congo - Brazzaville
  3. Congo - Kinshasa
  4. Eritrea
  5. Ethiopia
  6. Kenya
  7. Malawi
  8. Tanzania
  9. Uganda
  10. Zimbabwe

Is the soft green 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 soft green scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusCoccus
  7. SpeciesCoccus alpinus De Lotto, 1960

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the soft green scale

Other species in the same genus Coccus.

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Common questions

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Where does the soft green scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the soft green scale for 10 countries, including Angola, Congo - Brazzaville, Congo - Kinshasa, Eritrea and Ethiopia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the soft green scale?

The soft green scale (Coccus alpinus) 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). Soft green scale (Coccus alpinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/soft-green-scale

MLA

“Soft green scale (Coccus alpinus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/soft-green-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{soft_green_scale_2026,
  title = {Soft green scale (Coccus alpinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/soft-green-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}