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Oriental scale

Aonidiella orientalis (Newstead, 1894)

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The oriental scale (Aonidiella orientalis) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 66 countries, including Angola, Antigua & Barbuda and Australia.

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Quick facts about the oriental 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
66 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the oriental 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 oriental scale is listed for 66 countries.

TanzaniaPapua New GuineaSomaliaKenyaSudanHaitiDominican Rep.BahamasSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaVenezuelaGuyanaEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaSenegalMaliBeninNigerNigeriaCameroonZambiaAngolaIsraelLebanonMadagascarUnited Arab EmiratesIraqOmanCambodiaThailandMyanmarVietnamIndiaBangladeshNepalPakistanIranNetherlandsAustraliaSri LankaChinaPhilippinesMalaysiaSaudi ArabiaEgyptEthiopiaTrinidad and Tobago
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Angola
  2. Antigua & Barbuda
  3. Australia
  4. Bahamas
  5. Bangladesh
  6. Barbados
  7. Benin
  8. Brazil
  9. Cambodia
  10. Cameroon
  11. China
  12. Colombia
  13. Comoros
  14. Cuba
  15. Curaçao
  16. Dominican Republic
  17. Ecuador
  18. Egypt
  19. Ethiopia
  20. French Guiana
  21. Guadeloupe
  22. Guyana
  23. Haiti
  24. Hong Kong SAR China
  25. India
  26. Iran
  27. Iraq
  28. Israel
  29. Jamaica
  30. Kenya
  31. Lebanon
  32. Madagascar
  33. Malaysia
  34. Maldives
  35. Mali
  36. Martinique
  37. Mexico
  38. Myanmar (Burma)
  39. Nauru
  40. Nepal
Show 26 more countries
  1. Netherlands
  2. Niger
  3. Nigeria
  4. Oman
  5. Pakistan
  6. Panama
  7. Papua New Guinea
  8. Peru
  9. Philippines
  10. Puerto Rico
  11. Saudi Arabia
  12. Senegal
  13. Somalia
  14. South Africa
  15. Sri Lanka
  16. St. Helena
  17. St. Kitts & Nevis
  18. Sudan
  19. Tanzania
  20. Thailand
  21. Trinidad & Tobago
  22. U.S. Virgin Islands
  23. United Arab Emirates
  24. Venezuela
  25. Vietnam
  26. Zambia

Is the oriental 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 oriental scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusAonidiella
  7. SpeciesAonidiella orientalis (Newstead, 1894)

Synonyms Abgrallaspis azadirachti, Abgrallaspis narainus, Agbrallaspis narainus, Aonidiella cocotiphagus, Aonidiella pedroniformis, Aonidiella pedronis, Aonidiella taprobanus, Aspidiotus cocotiphagus, Aspidiotus orientalis, Aspidiotus orientalis cocotiphagus, Aspidiotus osbechiae, Aspidiotus osbeckiae, Aspidiotus pedronis, Aspidiotus taprobanus, Chrysomphalus orientalis, Chrysomphalus pedroniformis, Chrysomphalus pedronis, Chrysomphalus taprobanus, Furcaspis cocotiphagus, Furcaspis orientalis

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • escama armada orientalSpanish
  • オスベッキーマルカイガラムシJapanese
  • kimaru-kaigaramushiroot
  • escama amarilla orientalSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the oriental scale

Other species in the same genus Aonidiella.

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Common questions

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Where does the oriental scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the oriental scale for 66 countries, including Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas and Bangladesh. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the oriental scale?

The oriental scale (Aonidiella orientalis) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Oriental scale (Aonidiella orientalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-scale

MLA

“Oriental scale (Aonidiella orientalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{oriental_scale_2026,
  title = {Oriental scale (Aonidiella orientalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}