Galapagos Species Database
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Aonidiella aurantii
Escama roja de California, California red scale
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily
Coccoidea
Family
Diaspididae
Genus
Aonidiella
Species
aurantii
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1998
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 plants: Cocos nucifera (coconut palm), Laguncularia racemosa (white mangrove).
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.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, Aonidiella aurantii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11714. Accessed 31 October 2026.