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Pearl-like kermes

Kermes bacciformis Leonardi, 1908

Status not recordedinsects

The pearl-like kermes (Kermes bacciformis) is a species in the family Kermesidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 7 countries, including Austria, France and Hungary.

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Quick facts about the pearl-like kermes

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
7 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the pearl-like kermes 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 pearl-like kermes is listed for 7 countries.

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

  1. Austria
  2. France
  3. Hungary
  4. Italy
  5. Morocco
  6. Spain
  7. Türkiye

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the pearl-like kermes 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 pearl-like kermes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyKermesidae
  6. genusKermes
  7. SpeciesKermes bacciformis Leonardi, 1908

Synonyms Kermococcus bacciformis, Talla bacciformis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pearl-like kermes

Other species in the same genus Kermes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the pearl-like kermes live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the pearl-like kermes for 7 countries, including Austria, France, Hungary, Italy and Morocco. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the pearl-like kermes?

The pearl-like kermes (Kermes bacciformis) 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). Pearl-like kermes (Kermes bacciformis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pearl-like-kermes

MLA

“Pearl-like kermes (Kermes bacciformis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pearl-like-kermes.

BibTeX
@misc{pearl_like_kermes_2026,
  title = {Pearl-like kermes (Kermes bacciformis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pearl-like-kermes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}