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Morgan's scale

Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan, 1889)

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The morgan's scale (Chrysomphalus dictyospermi) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 119 countries, including Albania, Algeria and Angola.

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Quick facts about the morgan's 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
119 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the morgan's 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 morgan's scale is listed for 119 countries.

FijiTanzaniaUzbekistanPapua New GuineaArgentinaChileDem. Rep. CongoSomaliaKenyaSudanHaitiDominican Rep.BahamasSouth AfricaMexicoUruguayBrazilBoliviaPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweSenegalMaliBeninNigerNigeriaCameroonTogoCôte d'IvoireGuineaSierra LeoneCongoZambiaMozambiqueAngolaIsraelLebanonMadagascarTunisiaAlgeriaIraqThailandMyanmarVietnamSouth KoreaMongoliaTurkmenistanIranSyriaArmeniaPolandHungaryRomaniaLatviaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.Sri LankaChinaTaiwanItalyAzerbaijanGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaSloveniaCzechiaEritreaJapanParaguayMoroccoEgyptLibyaEthiopiaUganda
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  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Algeria
  3. Angola
  4. Argentina
  5. Armenia
  6. Azerbaijan
  7. Bahamas
  8. Barbados
  9. Benin
  10. Bermuda
  11. Bolivia
  12. Brazil
  13. Bulgaria
  14. Cameroon
  15. Cape Verde
  16. Chile
  17. China
  18. Colombia
  19. Comoros
  20. Congo - Brazzaville
  21. Congo - Kinshasa
  22. Cook Islands
  23. Costa Rica
  24. Côte d’Ivoire
  25. Croatia
  26. Cuba
  27. Czechia
  28. Dominican Republic
  29. Ecuador
  30. Egypt
  31. El Salvador
  32. Eritrea
  33. Ethiopia
  34. Fiji
  35. France
  36. Georgia
  37. Germany
  38. Greece
  39. Grenada
  40. Guadeloupe
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  1. Guatemala
  2. Guinea
  3. Guyana
  4. Haiti
  5. Honduras
  6. Hong Kong SAR China
  7. Hungary
  8. Iran
  9. Iraq
  10. Ireland
  11. Israel
  12. Italy
  13. Jamaica
  14. Japan
  15. Kenya
  16. Kiribati
  17. Latvia
  18. Lebanon
  19. Libya
  20. Madagascar
  21. Malaysia
  22. Mali
  23. Malta
  24. Marshall Islands
  25. Mauritius
  26. Mexico
  27. Mongolia
  28. Morocco
  29. Mozambique
  30. Myanmar (Burma)
  31. Netherlands
  32. New Caledonia
  33. Nicaragua
  34. Niger
  35. Nigeria
  36. Niue
  37. Norfolk Island
  38. Palau
  39. Panama
  40. Papua New Guinea
  41. Paraguay
  42. Peru
  43. Philippines
  44. Poland
  45. Portugal
  46. Puerto Rico
  47. Romania
  48. Samoa
  49. Senegal
  50. Seychelles
  51. Sierra Leone
  52. Slovenia
  53. Solomon Islands
  54. Somalia
  55. South Africa
  56. South Korea
  57. Spain
  58. Sri Lanka
  59. St. Lucia
  60. Sudan
  61. Suriname
  62. Syria
  63. Taiwan
  64. Tanzania
  65. Thailand
  66. Togo
  67. Tonga
  68. Tunisia
  69. Türkiye
  70. Turkmenistan
  71. Tuvalu
  72. U.S. Virgin Islands
  73. Uganda
  74. Uruguay
  75. Uzbekistan
  76. Venezuela
  77. Vietnam
  78. Zambia
  79. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the morgan's 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 morgan's scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusChrysomphalus
  7. SpeciesChrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan, 1889)

Synonyms Aspidiotus agrumincola, Aspidiotus arecae, Aspidiotus dictyospermi, Aspidiotus dictyospermi arecae, Aspidiotus dictyospermi jamaicensis, Aspidiotus dictyospermi subsp. arecae, Aspidiotus dictyospermi subsp. jamaicensis, Aspidiotus jamaicensis, Aspidiotus mangiferae, Aspidiotus minor, Chrisomphalus dictyospermi, Chrusomphalus dictiospermi, Chryaomphalus dictyospermi, Chrysomphalum dyctiospermi, Chrysomphalus arecae, Chrysomphalus castigatus, Chrysomphalus dictiospermi, Chrysomphalus dictiyospermi, Chrysomphalus dictyospermae, Chrysomphalus dictyospermatis, Chrysomphalus dictyospermi agrumicola, Chrysomphalus dictyospermi arecae, Chrysomphalus dictyospermi mangiferae, Chrysomphalus dictyospermi minor, Chrysomphalus jamaicensis, Chrysomphalus jamaucebsis, Chrysomphalus mangiferae, Chrysomphalus minor

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Dictyospermum scaleEnglish
  • Spanish red scaleEnglish
  • حشرة الدكتيوسبرم القشريةArabic
  • Rote MittelmeerschildlausGerman
  • piojo rojoSpanish
  • kermès de l’orangerFrench
  • Bianca-RossaItalian
  • cabeça-de- prego-rosaPortuguese
  • korichnevaya shitovkaRussian
  • palmiye sari kosniliTurkish
  • escama anaranjadaSpanish
  • escama dictiospermaSpanish
  • Queresa aplanadaSpanish
  • pou rouge des orangersFrench
  • pinta-amarelaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the morgan's scale

Other species in the same genus Chrysomphalus.

Fig scale

Chrysomphalus aonidum

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the morgan's scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the morgan's scale for 119 countries, including Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina and Armenia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the morgan's scale?

The morgan's scale (Chrysomphalus dictyospermi) belongs to the family Diaspididae 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). Morgan's scale (Chrysomphalus dictyospermi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/morgans-scale

MLA

“Morgan's scale (Chrysomphalus dictyospermi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/morgans-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{morgans_scale_2026,
  title = {Morgan's scale (Chrysomphalus dictyospermi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/morgans-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}