Galapagos Species Database
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Aspidiella hartii
Escama, Yam scale
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily
Coccoidea
Family
Diaspididae
Genus
Aspidiella
Species
hartii
Taxon category: Accepted
Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plant: Miconia robinsoniana (Galápagos miconia).
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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Aspidiella hartii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11468. Accessed 31 October 2026.