Ebony 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

88 countriessrc for Countries on record

The ebony scale is listed for 88 countries.

The same countries as a list

1. Algeria
2. Argentina
3. Azerbaijan
4. Bangladesh
5. Barbados
6. Benin
7. Bermuda
8. Bhutan
9. Brazil
10. Bulgaria
11. Cambodia
12. Cameroon
13. Central African Republic
14. Colombia
15. Congo - Kinshasa
16. Côte d’Ivoire
17. Croatia
18. Cuba
19. Cyprus
20. Dominica
21. Dominican Republic
22. Egypt
23. Eritrea
24. Ethiopia
25. France
26. Gambia
27. Georgia
28. Germany
29. Ghana
30. Greece
31. Guam
32. Guatemala
33. Guinea
34. Guyana
35. Haiti
36. Hong Kong SAR China
37. India
38. Iran
39. Israel
40. Italy

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderHemiptera
5. familyDiaspididae
6. genusParlatoria
7. SpeciesParlatoria ziziphi (Lucas, 1853)

Synonyms Apteronidia ziziphi, Chermes aurantii, Coccus ziziphi, Diaspis ziziphi, Parlatorea zizyphi, Parlatoreopsis ziziphi, Parlatoria lucasi, Parlatoria lucassi, Parlatoria ziziphe, Parlatoria ziziphii, Parlatoria ziziphus, Parlatoria zizyphi, Parlatoria zizyphus, Parlatoria zozypium, Parlatoria zyziphi

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{ebony_scale_2026,
  title = {Ebony scale (Parlatoria ziziphi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ebony-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}