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Giant Scale Insects
Crypticerya
Crypticerya is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Monophlebidae. When the genus was revived in 2008, it included 22 species, all found in the Americas. As of 2024, there are 28 described species.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Genista Giant Scale Insect
speciesCrypticerya genistae
Riley's Giant Scale Insect
speciesCrypticerya rileyi
Morrill's Giant Scale Insect
speciesCrypticerya morrilli
Crypticerya zeteki
speciesCrypticerya zeteki
Crypticerya tuberculata
speciesCrypticerya tuberculata
Crypticerya brasiliensis
speciesCrypticerya brasiliensis
Multicicatrices Fluted Scale
speciesCrypticerya multicicatrices
Townsend's giant scale bug
speciesCrypticerya townsendi
Crypticerya tabernicola
speciesCrypticerya tabernicola
Crypticerya palmeri
speciesCrypticerya palmeri
Crypticerya monserratensis
speciesCrypticerya monserratensis
Crypticerya littoralis
speciesCrypticerya littoralis
Rose Icerya
speciesCrypticerya rosae
Crypticerya abrahami
speciesCrypticerya abrahami
Crypticerya bicolor
speciesCrypticerya bicolor
Crypticerya cajani
speciesCrypticerya cajani
Crypticerya caudatus
speciesCrypticerya caudatus
Crypticerya clauseni
speciesCrypticerya clauseni
Crypticerya ewarti
speciesCrypticerya ewarti
Crypticerya pimentae
speciesCrypticerya pimentae
Crypticerya rodriguesi
speciesCrypticerya rodriguesi
Crypticerya aegyptiensis
speciesCrypticerya aegyptiensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 550851.