# Date palm scale (*Parlatoria blanchardi*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/date-palm-scale  
Data as of: 2026-11-11

The date palm scale (Parlatoria blanchardi) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 41 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria and Argentina.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 countries |

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Hemiptera
- family: Diaspididae
- genus: Parlatoria
- species: *Parlatoria blanchardi* (Targioni Tozzetti, 1892)

Synonyms: *Aonidia blanchardi*, *Apteronidia blanchardi*, *Coccus blanchardi*, *Parlatorea blanchardi*, *Parlatoria blanchardi*, *Parlatoria blanchardi victrix*, *Parlatoria blanchardii*, *Parlatoria brauchardi*, *Parlatoria palmae*, *Parlatoria proteus palmae*, *Parlatoria victrix*, *Websteriella blanchardi*

## Where it has been recorded

Countries with openly licensed sighting records on GBIF (records in brackets). Recorded sightings, not a definitive range.

United Arab Emirates (0), Afghanistan (0), Argentina (0), Australia (0), Bahrain (0), Bolivia (0), Brazil (0), Cyprus (0), Algeria (0), Egypt (0), Eritrea (0), Spain (0), France (0), Israel (0), India (0), Iraq (0), Iran (0), Italy (0), Jamaica (0), Jordan (0), Kenya (0), Kuwait (0), Libya (0), Morocco (0), Mali (0), Mauritania (0), Montserrat (0), Mauritius (0), Niger (0), Oman (0), Pakistan (0), Qatar (0), Saudi Arabia (0), Sudan (0), Somalia (0), Syria (0), Chad (0), Turkmenistan (0), Tunisia (0), Türkiye (0), Yemen (0)

## Common questions

### Where does the date palm scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the date palm scale for 41 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia and Bahrain. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

### What kind of animal is the date palm scale?

The date palm scale (Parlatoria blanchardi) belongs to the family Diaspididae in the order Hemiptera.

## Sources

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- [AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5), CC BY 4.0, v1. Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5
- [AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7), CC BY 4.0, v7. Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7
- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), CC BY 4.0, 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
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