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Cryptomeria scale

Aspidiotus cryptomeriae Kuwana, 1902

Status not recordedinsects

The cryptomeria scale (Aspidiotus cryptomeriae) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including China, Japan and South Korea.

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Quick facts about the cryptomeria 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
4 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the cryptomeria 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 cryptomeria scale is listed for 4 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. South Korea
  4. Taiwan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the cryptomeria 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 cryptomeria scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusAspidiotus
  7. SpeciesAspidiotus cryptomeriae Kuwana, 1902
Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • スギマルカイガラムシJapanese
  • 삼나무깍지벌레Korean
  • 柳杉薄圓盾介殼蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cryptomeria scale

Other species in the same genus Aspidiotus.

Ivy scale

Aspidiotus nerii

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does the cryptomeria scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the cryptomeria scale for 4 countries: China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the cryptomeria scale?

The cryptomeria scale (Aspidiotus cryptomeriae) 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). Cryptomeria scale (Aspidiotus cryptomeriae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/aspidiotus-cryptomeriae

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{aspidiotus_cryptomeriae_2026,
  title = {Cryptomeria scale (Aspidiotus cryptomeriae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/aspidiotus-cryptomeriae},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}