The adult male has an elongated cover with parallel sides; it is white and felted, with shed skins similar in colour to the female.

[2] The cycad aulacaspis scale is native to tropical and sub-tropical parts of southeastern Asia.

[2] It was discovered at the National Botanical Research Institute at Lucknow in India in 2007, on Microcycas calocoma, an endangered species of cycad; this infestation was contained and eradicated by intensive treatment.

The juveniles then develop through several other instar stages over a period of about twenty-eight days before reaching maturity.

[3] In a heavy infestation, the fronds of cycads become covered with a thick white layer of scale insects.