Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Phenacoccus herreni
Escama, Scale
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily
Coccoidea
Family
Pseudococcidae
Genus
Phenacoccus
Species
herreni
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2001
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plant: Ipomoea tiliifolia (Crimson morning glory).
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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.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, Phenacoccus herreni", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11506. Accessed 31 October 2026.