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Planococcus litchi

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Planococcus litchi is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 8 countries, including Brunei, China and Hong Kong SAR China.

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Quick facts about Planococcus litchi

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
8 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Planococcus litchi 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.

Planococcus litchi is listed for 8 countries.

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

  1. Brunei
  2. China
  3. Hong Kong SAR China
  4. Japan
  5. Philippines
  6. Singapore
  7. Thailand
  8. Vietnam

Is Planococcus litchi 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 Planococcus litchi classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPlanococcus
  7. SpeciesPlanococcus litchi Cox, 1989

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Planococcus litchi

Other species in the same genus Planococcus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Planococcus litchi live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Planococcus litchi for 8 countries, including Brunei, China, Hong Kong SAR China, Japan and Philippines. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Planococcus litchi?

Planococcus litchi (Planococcus litchi) belongs to the family Pseudococcidae 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). Planococcus litchi (Planococcus litchi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/planococcus-litchi

MLA

“Planococcus litchi (Planococcus litchi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/planococcus-litchi.

BibTeX
@misc{planococcus_litchi_2026,
  title = {Planococcus litchi (Planococcus litchi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/planococcus-litchi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}