Olive scale
Parlatoria oleae (Colvée, 1880)
Status not recordedinsects
The olive scale (Parlatoria oleae) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 53 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria and Argentina.
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Quick facts about the olive 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
- 53 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does the olive 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 olive scale is listed for 53 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the olive 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 olive scale classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyDiaspididae
- genusParlatoria
- SpeciesParlatoria oleae (Colvée, 1880)
Synonyms Diaspis oleae, Diaspis squamosus, Parlatorea oleae, Parlatoria affinis, Parlatoria calianthina, Parlatoria cilianthina, Parlatoria iudaica, Parlatoria judaica, Parlatoria morrisoni, Parlatoria olae, Syngenaspis oleae
Other names and names in other languages (9)
- Olive parlatoria scaleEnglish
- حشرة الزيتون القشريةArabic
- Graue ObstbaumlöffelschildlausGerman
- cochinilla violeta del olivoSpanish
- knimat haparlatoria shel hazaytHebrew
- Щитовка фиолетоваяRussian
- štítnička olivováSlovak
- zeytin kabuklu bitiTurkish
- binafsharang qalqondorUzbek
Relatives of the olive scale
Other species in the same genus Parlatoria.
Chaff scale
Parlatoria pergandii
Ebony scale
Parlatoria ziziphi
Date palm scale
Parlatoria blanchardi
Fuller scale
Parlatoria fulleri
Pittosporum scale
Parlatoria pittospori
Camellia parlatoria scale
Parlatoria camelliae
CompareOlive scale vs Chaff scaleOlive scale vs Ebony scaleOlive scale vs Date palm scaleOlive scale vs Fuller scale
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the olive scale live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the olive scale for 53 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia and Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the olive scale?
The olive scale (Parlatoria oleae) 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
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