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Croton parlatoria scale

Parlatoria crotonis Douglas, 1887

Status not recordedinsects

The croton parlatoria scale (Parlatoria crotonis) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 41 countries, including Australia, Bahamas and Bermuda.

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Quick facts about the croton parlatoria 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
41 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the croton parlatoria 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 croton parlatoria scale is listed for 41 countries.

FijiPapua New GuineaHaitiBahamasSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuyanaFrancePuerto RicoJamaicaCubaCameroonCôte d'IvoireGuineaIsraelMadagascarIndiaHungaryTurkeyNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.AustraliaTaiwanItalyPhilippinesEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Bahamas
  3. Bermuda
  4. Brazil
  5. Cameroon
  6. Cayman Islands
  7. Comoros
  8. Cook Islands
  9. Costa Rica
  10. Côte d’Ivoire
  11. Cuba
  12. Egypt
  13. El Salvador
  14. Fiji
  15. France
  16. Guadeloupe
  17. Guinea
  18. Guyana
  19. Haiti
  20. Honduras
  21. Hungary
  22. India
  23. Israel
  24. Italy
  25. Jamaica
  26. Kiribati
  27. Madagascar
  28. Mexico
  29. New Caledonia
  30. Nicaragua
  31. Niue
  32. Palau
  33. Panama
  34. Papua New Guinea
  35. Philippines
  36. Puerto Rico
  37. Solomon Islands
  38. South Africa
  39. St. Lucia
  40. Taiwan
Show 1 more countries
  1. Türkiye

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the croton parlatoria 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 croton parlatoria scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusParlatoria
  7. SpeciesParlatoria crotonis Douglas, 1887

Synonyms Parlatoria greeni, Parlatoria pergandei subsp. crotonis, Parlatoria proteus subsp. crotonis, Syngenaspis crotonis, Syngenaspis greeni

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • حشرة بارالتوريا الكرتون القشريةArabic
  • 變葉木片盾介殼蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the croton parlatoria scale

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 croton parlatoria scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the croton parlatoria scale for 41 countries, including Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil and Cameroon. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the croton parlatoria scale?

The croton parlatoria scale (Parlatoria crotonis) 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). Croton parlatoria scale (Parlatoria crotonis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/croton-parlatoria-scale

MLA

“Croton parlatoria scale (Parlatoria crotonis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/croton-parlatoria-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{croton_parlatoria_scale_2026,
  title = {Croton parlatoria scale (Parlatoria crotonis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/croton-parlatoria-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}