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Orchid pit scale

Asterolecanium epidendri (Bouché, 1844)

Status not recordedinsects

The orchid pit scale (Asterolecanium epidendri) is a species in the family Asterolecaniidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 28 countries, including Belize, Brazil and Colombia.

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Quick facts about the orchid pit 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
28 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the orchid pit 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 orchid pit scale is listed for 28 countries.

FijiHaitiDominican Rep.South AfricaMexicoBrazilColombiaPanamaCosta RicaHondurasGuatemalaBelizeVenezuelaGuyanaFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaIndiaPolandHungaryGermanyNetherlandsPortugalSri LankaItaly
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Belize
  2. Brazil
  3. Colombia
  4. Costa Rica
  5. Cuba
  6. Dominican Republic
  7. Ecuador
  8. Fiji
  9. France
  10. Germany
  11. Guatemala
  12. Guyana
  13. Haiti
  14. Honduras
  15. Hungary
  16. India
  17. Italy
  18. Jamaica
  19. Mexico
  20. Netherlands
  21. Panama
  22. Poland
  23. Portugal
  24. Puerto Rico
  25. Seychelles
  26. South Africa
  27. Sri Lanka
  28. Venezuela

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the orchid pit 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 orchid pit scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAsterolecaniidae
  6. genusAsterolecanium
  7. SpeciesAsterolecanium epidendri (Bouché, 1844)

Synonyms Asterolecanium aureus, Asterolecanium greeni, Coccus aureus, Kermes epidendri, Lecanium epidendri, Planchonia oncidii

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Orchid pit-scaleEnglish
  • Червец оранжерейный блестящийRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the orchid pit scale

Other species in the same genus Asterolecanium.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the orchid pit scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the orchid pit scale for 28 countries, including Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Cuba. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the orchid pit scale?

The orchid pit scale (Asterolecanium epidendri) belongs to the family Asterolecaniidae 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Orchid pit scale (Asterolecanium epidendri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/orchid-pit-scale

MLA

“Orchid pit scale (Asterolecanium epidendri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/orchid-pit-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{orchid_pit_scale_2026,
  title = {Orchid pit scale (Asterolecanium epidendri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/orchid-pit-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}