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Apple parlatoria

Parlatoria cinerea Hadden, 1909

Status not recordedinsects

The apple parlatoria (Parlatoria cinerea) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 42 countries, including Argentina, Bahamas and Brazil.

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Quick facts about the apple parlatoria

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
42 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the apple parlatoria live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The apple parlatoria is listed for 42 countries.

ArgentinaChileHaitiDominican Rep.BahamasSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilColombiaPanamaGuyanaSurinamePuerto RicoJamaicaCubaBurkina FasoMozambiqueIsraelVanuatuThailandVietnamIndiaPakistanSpainNew CaledoniaChinaTaiwanPhilippinesJapanEthiopia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Bahamas
  3. Brazil
  4. Burkina Faso
  5. Chile
  6. China
  7. Colombia
  8. Cook Islands
  9. Cuba
  10. Dominica
  11. Dominican Republic
  12. Ethiopia
  13. Grenada
  14. Guadeloupe
  15. Guam
  16. Guyana
  17. Haiti
  18. Hong Kong SAR China
  19. India
  20. Israel
  21. Jamaica
  22. Japan
  23. Mexico
  24. Montserrat
  25. Mozambique
  26. New Caledonia
  27. Niue
  28. Pakistan
  29. Panama
  30. Philippines
  31. Pitcairn Islands
  32. Puerto Rico
  33. Samoa
  34. South Africa
  35. Spain
  36. St. Lucia
  37. Suriname
  38. Taiwan
  39. Thailand
  40. Vanuatu
Show 2 more countries
  1. Vietnam
  2. Wallis & Futuna

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the apple parlatoria endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the apple parlatoria classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusParlatoria
  7. SpeciesParlatoria cinerea Hadden, 1909

Synonyms Paraltoria braziliensis, Parlatoria brasiliensis, Parlatoria cinarea, Parlatoria fluggeae brasiliensis, Parlatoria pseudopyri, Syngenaspis cinerea

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Tropical grey chaff scaleEnglish
  • cochinilla roja chicaSpanish
  • 灰片盾介殼蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the apple parlatoria

Other species in the same genus Parlatoria.

Olive scale

Parlatoria oleae

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

Chaff scale

Parlatoria pergandii

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

Ebony scale

Parlatoria ziziphi

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the apple parlatoria live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the apple parlatoria for 42 countries, including Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Burkina Faso and Chile. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the apple parlatoria?

The apple parlatoria (Parlatoria cinerea) belongs to the family Diaspididae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Apple parlatoria (Parlatoria cinerea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/apple-parlatoria

MLA

“Apple parlatoria (Parlatoria cinerea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/apple-parlatoria.

BibTeX
@misc{apple_parlatoria_2026,
  title = {Apple parlatoria (Parlatoria cinerea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/apple-parlatoria},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}