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Purple scale predator

Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell, 1892)

Status not recordedbeetles

The purple scale predator (Rhyzobius lophanthae) is a species in the family Coccinellidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the purple scale predator

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the purple scale predator 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 purple scale predator is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the purple scale predator as introduced in 7 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. Croatia
  3. Cyprus
  4. France
  5. Japan
  6. Russia
  7. United States

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 purple scale predator 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 purple scale predator classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCoccinellidae
  6. genusRhyzobius
  7. SpeciesRhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell, 1892)

Synonyms Lindorus lophanthae, Nothorhyzobius ruficollis, Pullus coeruleipennis, Pullus coruleipennis, Rhizobius toowoombae, Rhizobius unguicularis, Scymnus lophanthae

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Scale-eating ladybirdEnglish
  • Rhyzobie hérisséeFrench
  • ムネハラアカクロテントウJapanese
  • BebopnepkapoentjeDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the purple scale predator

Other species in the same genus Rhyzobius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the purple scale predator live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the purple scale predator for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the purple scale predator an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the purple scale predator as introduced in 7 countries, including Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, France and Japan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the purple scale predator?

The purple scale predator (Rhyzobius lophanthae) belongs to the family Coccinellidae in the order Coleoptera.

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). Purple scale predator (Rhyzobius lophanthae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/purple-scale-predator

MLA

“Purple scale predator (Rhyzobius lophanthae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/purple-scale-predator.

BibTeX
@misc{purple_scale_predator_2026,
  title = {Purple scale predator (Rhyzobius lophanthae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/purple-scale-predator},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}