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Aspidiotus elaeidis

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Aspidiotus elaeidis is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 15 countries, including Angola, Benin and Cameroon.

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Quick facts about Aspidiotus elaeidis

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
15 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Aspidiotus elaeidis 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 elaeidis is listed for 15 countries.

TanzaniaDem. Rep. CongoSomaliaSouth AfricaSenegalBeninNigerCameroonGhanaCôte d'IvoireGuineaSierra LeoneMozambiqueAngolaEritrea
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Angola
  2. Benin
  3. Cameroon
  4. Congo - Kinshasa
  5. Côte d’Ivoire
  6. Eritrea
  7. Ghana
  8. Guinea
  9. Mozambique
  10. Niger
  11. Senegal
  12. Sierra Leone
  13. Somalia
  14. South Africa
  15. Tanzania

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Aspidiotus elaeidis 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 elaeidis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusAspidiotus
  7. SpeciesAspidiotus elaeidis Marchal, 1909

Synonyms Aspidiotus oppugnatus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Aspidiotus elaeidis

Other species in the same genus Aspidiotus.

Ivy scale

Aspidiotus nerii

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Common questions

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Where does Aspidiotus elaeidis live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Aspidiotus elaeidis for 15 countries, including Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa and Côte d’Ivoire. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Aspidiotus elaeidis?

Aspidiotus elaeidis (Aspidiotus elaeidis) 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 elaeidis (Aspidiotus elaeidis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/aspidiotus-elaeidis

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{aspidiotus_elaeidis_2026,
  title = {Aspidiotus elaeidis (Aspidiotus elaeidis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/aspidiotus-elaeidis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}