Ivy 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

90 countriessrc for Countries on record

The ivy scale is listed for 90 countries.

The same countries as a list

1. Algeria
2. Angola
3. Argentina
4. Armenia
5. Australia
6. Austria
7. Azerbaijan
8. Belgium
9. Bermuda
10. Bolivia
11. Bulgaria
12. Canada
13. Cape Verde
14. Chile
15. China
16. Colombia
17. Congo - Kinshasa
18. Costa Rica
19. Croatia
20. Cuba
21. Cyprus
22. Czechia
23. Dominican Republic
24. Ecuador
25. Egypt
26. Eritrea
27. Estonia
28. Ethiopia
29. France
30. Georgia
31. Germany
32. Gibraltar
33. Greece
34. Grenada
35. Guadeloupe
36. Guatemala
37. Haiti
38. Hungary
39. Indonesia
40. Iran

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. genusAspidiotus
7. SpeciesAspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833

Synonyms Aspidiotus affinis, Aspidiotus aloes, Aspidiotus anthospermae, Aspidiotus atherospermae, Aspidiotus atherospinmae, Aspidiotus atherospirmae, Aspidiotus bouchei, Aspidiotus budlaei, Aspidiotus budlaeiae, Aspidiotus budlei, Aspidiotus budleiae, Aspidiotus caldesii, Aspidiotus capparis, Aspidiotus carpodeti, Aspidiotus ceratoniae, Aspidiotus confusus, Aspidiotus corinocarpi, Aspidiotus corynocarpi, Aspidiotus cycadicola, Aspidiotus denticulatus, Aspidiotus dysoxyli, Aspidiotus epidendri, Aspidiotus ericae, Aspidiotus fonsecai, Aspidiotus genistae, Aspidiotus gnidii, Aspidiotus guidii, Aspidiotus hederae, Aspidiotus hederae carpodeti, Aspidiotus hederae hederae, Aspidiotus hederae limonii, Aspidiotus hederae nerii, Aspidiotus hederae subsp. unipectinata, Aspidiotus hederae subsp. unisexualis, Aspidiotus hederae subsp. urenae, Aspidiotus hederale, Aspidiotus heredae, Aspidiotus ilicis, Aspidiotus lentisci, Aspidiotus limonii, Aspidiotus myricinae, Aspidiotus myrsinae, Aspidiotus nederae, Aspidiotus nereii, Aspidiotus nerii, Aspidiotus nerii limonii, Aspidiotus nerri, Aspidiotus offinis, Aspidiotus oleae, Aspidiotus oleastri, Aspidiotus osmanthi, Aspidiotus paranerii, Aspidiotus rectangulatus, Aspidiotus sophorae, Aspidiotus tasmaniae, Aspidiotus transparens subsp. rectangulatus, Aspidiotus transvaalensis, Aspidiotus transvalensis, Aspidiotus ulicis, Aspidiotus unipectinata, Aspidiotus urenae, Aspidiotus vagabundus, Aspidiotus vagobundus, Aspidiotus villosus, Aspidiotus viresciae, Aspidiotus vriesciae, Aspidiotus vrieseiae, Chermes aloes, Chermes cycadicola, Chermes ericae, Chermes genistae, Chermes hederae, Chermes nerii, Chermes osmanthi, Coccus limonii, Coccus palmarum, Diaspis bouchei, Diaspis obliquum, Dynaspidiotus hederae, Octaspidiotus anthospermae, Octaspidiotus atherospermae

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{ivy_scale_2026,
  title = {Ivy scale (Aspidiotus nerii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ivy-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}