Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rhizoecus insularis
Escama, Scale
Herbivore; littoral and arid zones; January.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily
Coccoidea
Family
Rhizoecidae
Section
Rhizoecini
Genus
Rhizoecus
Species
insularis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plant: Hippomane mancinella (poison apple).
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz.
- Lincango, M.P. Hodgson, C. & Causton, C. (2008) Lista anotada de los insectos escama (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) de las islas Galápagos, Ecuador. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.
- Lincango, P. Hodgson, C., Causton, C. & Miller, D. (2010) An updated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Galapagos Research, 67: 3-7.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
- Williams, M.L. (1977) Scale insects of the Galapagos islands In D.R Miller, J.A Davidson, M. Kosztarab (Eds.), Morphology and Systematics of scales insects (Ed.127, Vol. 9, pp. 85-98). Research Division Bulletin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and State University.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Rhizoecus insularis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11088. Accessed 30 October 2026.