Fiornia scale
Fiorinia externa Ferris, 1942
Status not recordedinsects
The fiornia scale (Fiorinia externa) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including Canada, Georgia and Japan.
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Quick facts about the fiornia 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
- 4 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does the fiornia 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 fiornia scale is listed for 4 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the fiornia 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 fiornia scale classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyDiaspididae
- genusFiorinia
- SpeciesFiorinia externa Ferris, 1942
Synonyms Fiorina externa, Fiorinia extranea
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Elongate hemlock scaleEnglish
Relatives of the fiornia scale
Other species in the same genus Fiorinia.
Tea scale
Fiorinia theae
Ridged scale
Fiorinia fioriniae
Horri-konoha-kaigara
Fiorinia horii
Japanese scale
Fiorinia japonica
Phantasma scale
Fiorinia phantasma
Juniper fiorinia scale
Fiorinia pinicola
CompareFiornia scale vs Tea scaleFiornia scale vs Ridged scaleFiornia scale vs Horri-konoha-kaigaraFiornia scale vs Japanese scale
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the fiornia scale live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the fiornia scale for 4 countries: Canada, Georgia, Japan and United Kingdom. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the fiornia scale?
The fiornia scale (Fiorinia externa) 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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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 · 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 · 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 - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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