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Yellow fringed scale

Asterolecanium coffeae Newstead, 1911

Status not recordedinsects

The yellow fringed scale (Asterolecanium coffeae) is a species in the family Asterolecaniidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Quick facts about the yellow fringed 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 yellow fringed 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 yellow fringed scale is listed for 3 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Kenya
  2. Tanzania
  3. Uganda

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the yellow fringed 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 yellow fringed scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAsterolecaniidae
  6. genusAsterolecanium
  7. SpeciesAsterolecanium coffeae Newstead, 1911
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Fringed scale of coffeeEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the yellow fringed scale

Other species in the same genus Asterolecanium.

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Common questions

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Where does the yellow fringed scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the yellow fringed scale for 3 countries: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the yellow fringed scale?

The yellow fringed scale (Asterolecanium coffeae) belongs to the family Asterolecaniidae 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). Yellow fringed scale (Asterolecanium coffeae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-fringed-scale

MLA

“Yellow fringed scale (Asterolecanium coffeae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-fringed-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{yellow_fringed_scale_2026,
  title = {Yellow fringed scale (Asterolecanium coffeae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-fringed-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}