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Mining scale

Howardia biclavis (Comstock, 1883)

Status not recordedinsects

The mining scale (Howardia biclavis) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 63 countries, including Bahamas, Barbados and Bermuda.

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Quick facts about the mining 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
63 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the mining 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 mining scale is listed for 63 countries.

FijiTanzaniaPapua New GuineaIndonesiaKenyaHaitiDominican Rep.BahamasSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaGuatemalaVenezuelaGuyanaFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweGhanaMalawiMadagascarVanuatuIndiaSwedenPolandGermanyCroatiaSwitzerlandPortugalSpainIrelandNew CaledoniaSri LankaTaiwanItalyGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaCzechiaJapanEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Bahamas
  2. Barbados
  3. Bermuda
  4. Brazil
  5. Colombia
  6. Cook Islands
  7. Costa Rica
  8. Croatia
  9. Cuba
  10. Czechia
  11. Dominica
  12. Dominican Republic
  13. Ecuador
  14. Egypt
  15. Fiji
  16. France
  17. French Guiana
  18. Georgia
  19. Germany
  20. Ghana
  21. Grenada
  22. Guadeloupe
  23. Guatemala
  24. Guyana
  25. Haiti
  26. India
  27. Indonesia
  28. Ireland
  29. Italy
  30. Jamaica
  31. Japan
  32. Kenya
  33. Madagascar
  34. Malawi
  35. Malaysia
  36. Martinique
  37. Mauritius
  38. Mexico
  39. Montserrat
  40. New Caledonia
Show 23 more countries
  1. Niue
  2. Palau
  3. Panama
  4. Papua New Guinea
  5. Peru
  6. Philippines
  7. Poland
  8. Portugal
  9. Puerto Rico
  10. Samoa
  11. Singapore
  12. South Africa
  13. Spain
  14. Sri Lanka
  15. St. Lucia
  16. Sweden
  17. Switzerland
  18. Taiwan
  19. Tanzania
  20. Tonga
  21. Vanuatu
  22. Venezuela
  23. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mining scale as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Ecuador
  2. France
  3. United States
  4. Venezuela

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 mining 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 mining scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusHowardia
  7. SpeciesHowardia biclavis (Comstock, 1883)

Synonyms Aspidiotus theae, Chionaspis biclavis, Chionaspis biclavis subsp. detecta, Howardia biclavis, Howardia biclavis detecta, Megalodiaspis biclavis

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Burrowing scaleEnglish
  • cochinilla gris de la jaguaSpanish
  • Щитовка ГовардаRussian
  • kawa-muguri-kaigara-mushiroot
  • 雙錘盾介殼蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mining scale

Other species in the same genus Howardia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the mining scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the mining scale for 63 countries, including Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil and Colombia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the mining scale an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mining scale as introduced in 4 countries: Ecuador, France, United States and Venezuela, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mining scale?

The mining scale (Howardia biclavis) 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). Mining scale (Howardia biclavis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mining-scale

MLA

“Mining scale (Howardia biclavis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mining-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{mining_scale_2026,
  title = {Mining scale (Howardia biclavis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mining-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}