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Large snow-scale

Rutherfordia major (Riley & Howard, 1893)

Status not recordedinsects

The large snow-scale (Rutherfordia major) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 19 countries, including Belize, China and Colombia.

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Quick facts about the large snow-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
19 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the large snow-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 large snow-scale is listed for 19 countries.

TanzaniaKenyaDominican Rep.ColombiaCosta RicaBelizeVenezuelaFrancePuerto RicoCubaMadagascarNepalSri LankaChinaTaiwan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Belize
  2. China
  3. Colombia
  4. Comoros
  5. Costa Rica
  6. Cuba
  7. Dominican Republic
  8. France
  9. Kenya
  10. Madagascar
  11. Mauritius
  12. Nepal
  13. Puerto Rico
  14. Seychelles
  15. Sri Lanka
  16. Taiwan
  17. Tanzania
  18. Tonga
  19. Venezuela

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the large snow-scale as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Ecuador
  2. France
  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 the large snow-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 large snow-scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusRutherfordia
  7. SpeciesRutherfordia major (Riley & Howard, 1893)

Synonyms Aulacaspis flacourtiae, Aulacaspis major, Chionaspis major, Diaspis euphoriae, Diaspis flacourtiae, Diaspis major, Pseudaulacaspis euphoriae, Pseudaulacaspis flacourtiae, Pseudaulacaspis hwangyensis, Pseudaulacaspis major, Unachionaspis major

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Lychee bark scaleEnglish
  • escama del sauceSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the large snow-scale

Other species in the same genus Rutherfordia.

CompareLarge snow-scale vs Rutherfordia calophylliLarge snow-scale vs Rutherfordia enkleiaeLarge snow-scale vs Rutherfordia guttaeLarge snow-scale vs Rutherfordia malloti

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the large snow-scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the large snow-scale for 19 countries, including Belize, China, Colombia, Comoros and Costa Rica. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the large snow-scale an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the large snow-scale as introduced in 3 countries: Ecuador, France and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the large snow-scale?

The large snow-scale (Rutherfordia major) belongs to the family Diaspididae 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). Large snow-scale (Rutherfordia major). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-snow-scale

MLA

“Large snow-scale (Rutherfordia major).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-snow-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{large_snow_scale_2026,
  title = {Large snow-scale (Rutherfordia major)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-snow-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}