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Chinese scale

Comstockaspis perniciosa (Comstock, 1881)

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The chinese scale (Comstockaspis perniciosa) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 72 countries, including Afghanistan, Albania and Algeria.

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Quick facts about the chinese scale

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
72 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the chinese scale 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 chinese scale is listed for 72 countries.

CanadaKazakhstanArgentinaChileDem. Rep. CongoSouth AfricaMexicoUruguayBrazilBoliviaPeruVenezuelaFranceEcuadorCubaZimbabweCongoAngolaLebanonTunisiaAlgeriaIraqThailandVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaIndiaBangladeshBhutanNepalPakistanAfghanistanTajikistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanIranArmeniaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandNetherlandsPortugalSpainNew CaledoniaNew ZealandChinaTaiwanItalyAzerbaijanGeorgiaBruneiSloveniaCzechiaEritreaJapanParaguayMoroccoSerbiaMontenegro
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Albania
  3. Algeria
  4. Angola
  5. Argentina
  6. Armenia
  7. Austria
  8. Azerbaijan
  9. Bangladesh
  10. Bhutan
  11. Bolivia
  12. Brazil
  13. Brunei
  14. Bulgaria
  15. Canada
  16. Chile
  17. China
  18. Congo - Brazzaville
  19. Congo - Kinshasa
  20. Croatia
  21. Cuba
  22. Czechia
  23. Ecuador
  24. Eritrea
  25. France
  26. Georgia
  27. Germany
  28. Greece
  29. Hong Kong SAR China
  30. Hungary
  31. India
  32. Iran
  33. Iraq
  34. Italy
  35. Japan
  36. Kazakhstan
  37. Kyrgyzstan
  38. Lebanon
  39. Mexico
  40. Moldova
Show 32 more countries
  1. Mongolia
  2. Montenegro
  3. Morocco
  4. Nepal
  5. Netherlands
  6. New Caledonia
  7. New Zealand
  8. North Korea
  9. Pakistan
  10. Paraguay
  11. Peru
  12. Poland
  13. Portugal
  14. Romania
  15. Serbia
  16. Slovenia
  17. South Africa
  18. South Korea
  19. Spain
  20. Sweden
  21. Switzerland
  22. Taiwan
  23. Tajikistan
  24. Thailand
  25. Tunisia
  26. Türkiye
  27. Turkmenistan
  28. Ukraine
  29. Uruguay
  30. Venezuela
  31. Vietnam
  32. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the chinese scale as introduced in 14 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Czechiainvasive
  2. Russiainvasive
  3. Australia
  4. Austria
  5. Croatia
  6. Denmark
  7. France
  8. Japan
  9. Nepal
  10. Poland
  11. Romania
  12. South Africa
  13. Sweden
  14. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the chinese scale 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 chinese scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusComstockaspis
  7. SpeciesComstockaspis perniciosa (Comstock, 1881)

Synonyms Aonidia fusca, Aonidiella andromelas, Aonidiella fusca, Aonidiella perniciosa, Aspidiotus albopunctatus, Aspidiotus andromelas, Aspidiotus fusca, Aspidiotus perniciasus, Aspidiotus perniciosa, Aspidiotus perniciosus albopunctatus, Aspidiotus perniciosus andromelas, Diaspidiotus perniciosus, Diaspidiotus perniciosus andromelas, Hemiberlesiana perniciosa, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • California scaleEnglish
  • Pernicious scaleEnglish
  • Round pear scaleEnglish
  • San Jose scaleEnglish
  • štítenka zhoubnáCzech
  • Escama de San JoséSpanish
  • Pou de St-JoseFrench
  • cocciniglia San IoseItalian
  • ナシマルカイガラムシJapanese
  • 샌호제깍지벌레Korean
  • sanjoséskjoldlusNorwegian Bokmål
  • San José schildluisDutch
  • Piolho-de-são-joséPortuguese
  • Щитовка калифорнийскаяRussian
  • štítnička nebezpečnáSlovak
  • San Jose KabuklubitiTurkish
  • kaliforniya qalqondoriUzbek
  • escama de San JoseSpanish
  • Cochenille de San JoseFrench
  • kaliforniiskaya ili vrednaya shitovkaRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the chinese scale

Other species in the same genus Comstockaspis.

CompareChinese scale vs Comstockaspis macroporana

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the chinese scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the chinese scale for 72 countries, including Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola and Argentina. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the chinese scale an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the chinese scale as invasive in 2 countries: Czechia and Russia. It lists it as introduced in 14 in all.

What kind of animal is the chinese scale?

The chinese scale (Comstockaspis perniciosa) belongs to the family Diaspididae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chinese scale (Comstockaspis perniciosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chinese-scale

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BibTeX
@misc{chinese_scale_2026,
  title = {Chinese scale (Comstockaspis perniciosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chinese-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}