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Caribbean black scale

Saissetia neglecta De Lotto, 1969

Status not recordedinsects

The caribbean black scale (Saissetia neglecta) is a species in the family Coccidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 22 countries, including Australia, Belize and Bermuda.

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Quick facts about the caribbean black 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
22 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the caribbean black 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 caribbean black scale is listed for 22 countries.

MexicoPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaBelizeVenezuelaPuerto RicoCubaVanuatuThailandNetherlandsIrelandAustralia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Belize
  3. Bermuda
  4. Colombia
  5. Costa Rica
  6. Cuba
  7. El Salvador
  8. Guadeloupe
  9. Guatemala
  10. Honduras
  11. Hong Kong SAR China
  12. Ireland
  13. Mexico
  14. Netherlands
  15. Panama
  16. Peru
  17. Puerto Rico
  18. St. Lucia
  19. Thailand
  20. U.S. Virgin Islands
  21. Vanuatu
  22. Venezuela

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the caribbean black 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 caribbean black scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCoccidae
  6. genusSaissetia
  7. SpeciesSaissetia neglecta De Lotto, 1969

Synonyms Sissetia neglecta

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the caribbean black scale

Other species in the same genus Saissetia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the caribbean black scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the caribbean black scale for 22 countries, including Australia, Belize, Bermuda, Colombia and Costa Rica. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the caribbean black scale?

The caribbean black scale (Saissetia neglecta) belongs to the family Coccidae 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). Caribbean black scale (Saissetia neglecta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/caribbean-black-scale

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“Caribbean black scale (Saissetia neglecta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/caribbean-black-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{caribbean_black_scale_2026,
  title = {Caribbean black scale (Saissetia neglecta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/caribbean-black-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}