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Aspidiotus badius

Status not recordedinsects

Aspidiotus badius is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Aspidiotus badius

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Aspidiotus badius 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.

Aspidiotus badius is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Aspidiotus badius 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 Aspidiotus badius classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusAspidiotus
  7. SpeciesAspidiotus badius (Brain, 1919)

Synonyms Aonidia badius, Targionia badius

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Aspidiotus badius

Other species in the same genus Aspidiotus.

Ivy scale

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Common questions

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Where does Aspidiotus badius live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Aspidiotus badius for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Aspidiotus badius?

Aspidiotus badius (Aspidiotus badius) belongs to the family Diaspididae 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). Aspidiotus badius (Aspidiotus badius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/aspidiotus-badius

MLA

“Aspidiotus badius (Aspidiotus badius).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/aspidiotus-badius.

BibTeX
@misc{aspidiotus_badius_2026,
  title = {Aspidiotus badius (Aspidiotus badius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/aspidiotus-badius},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}