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Jacobson's giant scale insect

Icerya jacobsoni Green, 1913

Status not recordedinsects

The jacobson's giant scale insect (Icerya jacobsoni) is a species in the family Monophlebidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 6 countries, including Bangladesh, China and Hong Kong SAR China.

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Quick facts about the jacobson's giant scale insect

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
6 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the jacobson's giant scale insect 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 jacobson's giant scale insect is listed for 6 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Bangladesh
  2. China
  3. Hong Kong SAR China
  4. Micronesia
  5. Myanmar (Burma)
  6. Thailand

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the jacobson's giant scale insect 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 jacobson's giant scale insect classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyMonophlebidae
  6. genusIcerya
  7. SpeciesIcerya jacobsoni Green, 1913

Synonyms Crypticerya jacobsoni, Crypticerya jakobsoni

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • 捷氏吹綿蚧Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jacobson's giant scale insect

Other species in the same genus Icerya.

Mealy scale

Icerya purchasi

MonophlebidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the jacobson's giant scale insect live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the jacobson's giant scale insect for 6 countries, including Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong SAR China, Micronesia and Myanmar (Burma). Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the jacobson's giant scale insect?

The jacobson's giant scale insect (Icerya jacobsoni) belongs to the family Monophlebidae 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). Jacobson's giant scale insect (Icerya jacobsoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jacobsons-giant-scale-insect

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“Jacobson's giant scale insect (Icerya jacobsoni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/jacobsons-giant-scale-insect.

BibTeX
@misc{jacobsons_giant_scale_insect_2026,
  title = {Jacobson's giant scale insect (Icerya jacobsoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jacobsons-giant-scale-insect},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}