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Kermes echinatus

Status not recordedinsects

Kermes echinatus is a species in the family Kermesidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Greece, Israel and Lebanon.

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Quick facts about Kermes echinatus

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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Kermes echinatus 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.

Kermes echinatus is listed for 3 countries.

IsraelLebanonGreece
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Greece
  2. Israel
  3. Lebanon

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Kermes echinatus 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 Kermes echinatus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyKermesidae
  6. genusKermes
  7. SpeciesKermes echinatus Balachowsky, 1953

Synonyms Kermococcus echinatus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Kermes echinatus

Other species in the same genus Kermes.

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Common questions

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Where does Kermes echinatus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Kermes echinatus for 3 countries: Greece, Israel and Lebanon. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Kermes echinatus?

Kermes echinatus (Kermes echinatus) belongs to the family Kermesidae 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). Kermes echinatus (Kermes echinatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/kermes-echinatus

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“Kermes echinatus (Kermes echinatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/kermes-echinatus.

BibTeX
@misc{kermes_echinatus_2026,
  title = {Kermes echinatus (Kermes echinatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kermes-echinatus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}