Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Odonaspis galapagoensis
Escama, Scale
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily
Coccoidea
Family
Diaspididae
Genus
Odonaspis
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plants: Sporobolus virginicus (beach dropseed).
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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.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, Odonaspis galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11497. Accessed 31 October 2026.