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Planococcus radicum

Status not recordedinsects

Planococcus radicum is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Nigeria and Tanzania.

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Quick facts about Planococcus radicum

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Planococcus radicum 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 radicum is listed for 2 countries.

TanzaniaNigeria
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Nigeria
  2. Tanzania

Is Planococcus radicum 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 radicum classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPlanococcus
  7. SpeciesPlanococcus radicum Watson & Cox, 1990

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Planococcus radicum

Other species in the same genus Planococcus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Planococcus radicum live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Planococcus radicum for 2 countries: Nigeria and Tanzania. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Planococcus radicum?

Planococcus radicum (Planococcus radicum) 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 radicum (Planococcus radicum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/planococcus-radicum

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{planococcus_radicum_2026,
  title = {Planococcus radicum (Planococcus radicum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/planococcus-radicum},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}