Drosicha corpulenta is a species of giant scale insect in the family Monophlebidae, in the superfamily Coccoidea.
[1] It is native to eastern Asia where it feeds on a range of trees, shrubs and non-woody plants.
Its range includes Khabarovsk Krai and Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East, the Chinese provinces of Anhui, Beijing, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xingiang Uygur, Xizang, Yunnan and Zhejiang, as well as Hong Kong, Japan, North Korea and South Korea.
[2] Like other scale insects, nymphs and adult females of D. corpulenta feed by sucking sap from the host plant.
[3] In Japan there is a single generation each year, with both male and female adults emerging in April and May, and egg deposition occurring a month later.