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Coccophagus rusti

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Coccophagus rusti is a species in the family Aphelinidae, order Hymenoptera. Source checklists list it for 7 countries, including Israel, Kenya and Mexico.

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Quick facts about Coccophagus rusti

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
7 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Coccophagus rusti 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.

Coccophagus rusti is listed for 7 countries.

United States of AmericaKenyaSouth AfricaMexicoPeruIsraelUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Israel
  2. Kenya
  3. Mexico
  4. Peru
  5. South Africa
  6. Uganda
  7. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Coccophagus rusti as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Ecuador
  2. Peru
  3. 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 Coccophagus rusti 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 Coccophagus rusti classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyAphelinidae
  6. genusCoccophagus
  7. SpeciesCoccophagus rusti Compere, 1928

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Coccophagus rusti

Other species in the same genus Coccophagus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Coccophagus rusti live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Coccophagus rusti for 7 countries, including Israel, Kenya, Mexico, Peru and South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Coccophagus rusti an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Coccophagus rusti as introduced in 3 countries: Ecuador, Peru and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Coccophagus rusti?

Coccophagus rusti (Coccophagus rusti) belongs to the family Aphelinidae in the order Hymenoptera.

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). Coccophagus rusti (Coccophagus rusti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/coccophagus-rusti

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“Coccophagus rusti (Coccophagus rusti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/coccophagus-rusti.

BibTeX
@misc{coccophagus_rusti_2026,
  title = {Coccophagus rusti (Coccophagus rusti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coccophagus-rusti},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}