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Box scale

Eriococcus buxi (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834)

Status not recordedinsects

The box scale (Eriococcus buxi) is a species in the family Eriococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 12 countries, including Bulgaria, France and Georgia.

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Quick facts about the box 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
12 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the box 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 box scale is listed for 12 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Bulgaria
  2. France
  3. Georgia
  4. Germany
  5. Greece
  6. Italy
  7. Romania
  8. Russia
  9. Spain
  10. Switzerland
  11. Türkiye
  12. Uzbekistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the box 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 box scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyEriococcidae
  6. genusEriococcus
  7. SpeciesEriococcus buxi (Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1834)

Synonyms Coccus buxi, Nidularia buxi

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Войлочник самшитовыйRussian
  • shamshod qurtiUzbek

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the box scale

Other species in the same genus Eriococcus.

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Common questions

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Where does the box scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the box scale for 12 countries, including Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Germany and Greece. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the box scale?

The box scale (Eriococcus buxi) belongs to the family Eriococcidae 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). Box scale (Eriococcus buxi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/box-scale

MLA

“Box scale (Eriococcus buxi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/box-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{box_scale_2026,
  title = {Box scale (Eriococcus buxi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/box-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}