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Oleander scale

Paracoccus burnerae (Brain, 1915)

Status not recordedinsects

The oleander scale (Paracoccus burnerae) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 23 countries, including Angola, Australia and China.

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Quick facts about the oleander 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
23 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the oleander 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 oleander scale is listed for 23 countries.

IndonesiaKenyaSouth AfricaZimbabweNamibiaCôte d'IvoireZambiaeSwatiniAngolaMadagascarThailandVietnamIndiaIranNetherlandsAustraliaSri LankaChinaPhilippinesMalaysiaYemen
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Angola
  2. Australia
  3. China
  4. Comoros
  5. Côte d’Ivoire
  6. Eswatini
  7. India
  8. Indonesia
  9. Iran
  10. Kenya
  11. Madagascar
  12. Malaysia
  13. Namibia
  14. Netherlands
  15. Philippines
  16. South Africa
  17. Sri Lanka
  18. St. Helena
  19. Thailand
  20. Vietnam
  21. Yemen
  22. Zambia
  23. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the oleander scale as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Canary Islands

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the oleander 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 oleander scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusParacoccus
  7. SpeciesParacoccus burnerae (Brain, 1915)

Synonyms Allococcus burnerae, Paracoccus brunerae, Pseudococcus burnerae, Pseudococcus burnerea, Pseudococcus simulator

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the oleander scale

Other species in the same genus Paracoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the oleander scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the oleander scale for 23 countries, including Angola, Australia, China, Comoros and Côte d’Ivoire. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the oleander scale an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the oleander scale as introduced in 1 country: Canary Islands, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the oleander scale?

The oleander scale (Paracoccus burnerae) belongs to the family Pseudococcidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Oleander scale (Paracoccus burnerae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oleander-scale

MLA

“Oleander scale (Paracoccus burnerae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oleander-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{oleander_scale_2026,
  title = {Oleander scale (Paracoccus burnerae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oleander-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}