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Crypticerya similis

Status not recordedinsects

Crypticerya similis is a species in the family Monophlebidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: El Salvador and Panama.

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Quick facts about Crypticerya similis

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Crypticerya similis 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.

Crypticerya similis is listed for 2 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. El Salvador
  2. Panama

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Crypticerya similis 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 Crypticerya similis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyMonophlebidae
  6. genusCrypticerya
  7. SpeciesCrypticerya similis (Morrison, 1927)

Synonyms Icerya similis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Crypticerya similis

Other species in the same genus Crypticerya.

Rose Icerya

Crypticerya rosae

MonophlebidaeNo free photo yet

Giant scale

Crypticerya genistae

MonophlebidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Crypticerya similis live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Crypticerya similis for 2 countries: El Salvador and Panama. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Crypticerya similis?

Crypticerya similis (Crypticerya similis) belongs to the family Monophlebidae 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). Crypticerya similis (Crypticerya similis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/crypticerya-similis

MLA

“Crypticerya similis (Crypticerya similis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/crypticerya-similis.

BibTeX
@misc{crypticerya_similis_2026,
  title = {Crypticerya similis (Crypticerya similis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/crypticerya-similis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}