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Boxwood scale

Pinnaspis buxi (Bouché, 1851)

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The boxwood scale (Pinnaspis buxi) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 66 countries, including Argentina, Barbados and Belize.

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Quick facts about the boxwood 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
66 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the boxwood 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 boxwood scale is listed for 66 countries.

FijiTanzaniaPapua New GuineaIndonesiaArgentinaDem. Rep. CongoKenyaRussiaMexicoBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaBelizeVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaCameroonTogoGhanaSierra LeoneMadagascarThailandVietnamSouth KoreaIndiaPakistanTajikistanSwedenRomaniaGermanySwitzerlandNetherlandsSpainIrelandSolomon Is.Sri LankaTaiwanItalyDenmarkJapanEgypt
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small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Barbados
  3. Belize
  4. Brazil
  5. Cameroon
  6. Cape Verde
  7. Colombia
  8. Comoros
  9. Congo - Kinshasa
  10. Cook Islands
  11. Costa Rica
  12. Cuba
  13. Denmark
  14. Dominica
  15. Ecuador
  16. Egypt
  17. Fiji
  18. France
  19. Germany
  20. Ghana
  21. Grenada
  22. Guadeloupe
  23. Guam
  24. Guyana
  25. Hong Kong SAR China
  26. India
  27. Indonesia
  28. Ireland
  29. Italy
  30. Jamaica
  31. Japan
  32. Kenya
  33. Madagascar
  34. Mauritius
  35. Mexico
  36. Montserrat
  37. Netherlands
  38. Pakistan
  39. Palau
  40. Panama
Show 26 more countries
  1. Papua New Guinea
  2. Peru
  3. Puerto Rico
  4. Romania
  5. Russia
  6. Samoa
  7. Seychelles
  8. Sierra Leone
  9. Singapore
  10. Solomon Islands
  11. South Korea
  12. Spain
  13. Sri Lanka
  14. St. Lucia
  15. Suriname
  16. Sweden
  17. Switzerland
  18. Taiwan
  19. Tajikistan
  20. Tanzania
  21. Thailand
  22. Togo
  23. Tonga
  24. U.S. Virgin Islands
  25. Venezuela
  26. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the boxwood scale as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. Denmark
  3. France
  4. Ireland
  5. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the boxwood 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 boxwood scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusPinnaspis
  7. SpeciesPinnaspis buxi (Bouché, 1851)

Synonyms Aspidiotus buxi, Chionaspis simulatrix, Chionaspis vandalicus, Coccus vandalicus, Diaspis vandalicus, Fiorinia buxi, Fiorinia pandaniana, Fiorinia pandanni, Hemichionaspis pseudaspidistrae, Mytilaspis buti, Mytilaspis buxi, Mytilaspis pandani, Mytilaspis pandanni, Pinaspis buxi, Pinnapsis buxi, Pinnaspis alba, Pinnaspis bambusae, Pinnaspis buxi alba, Pinnaspis buxi pandani, Pinnaspis buxi pandanni, Pinnaspis pandani, Pinnaspis pandani subsp. alba, Pinnaspis pandani subsp. albus, Pinnaspis pandanni, Pinnaspis siphonodontis

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Bamboo mussel-scaleEnglish
  • Coconut scaleEnglish
  • Pandanus scaleEnglish
  • Screw pine scaleEnglish
  • Small mussel scaleEnglish
  • escama del balazoSpanish
  • 국화핀깍지벌레Korean
  • Щитовка запятовидная самшитоваяRussian
  • 柚葉并盾介殼蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the boxwood scale

Other species in the same genus Pinnaspis.

Fern scale

Pinnaspis aspidistrae

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the boxwood scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the boxwood scale for 66 countries, including Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Brazil and Cameroon. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the boxwood scale an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the boxwood scale as introduced in 5 countries: Australia, Denmark, France, Ireland and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the boxwood scale?

The boxwood scale (Pinnaspis buxi) belongs to the family Diaspididae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Boxwood scale (Pinnaspis buxi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/boxwood-scale

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BibTeX
@misc{boxwood_scale_2026,
  title = {Boxwood scale (Pinnaspis buxi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/boxwood-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}