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Peony scale

Pseudaonidia paeoniae (Cockerell, 1899)

Status not recordedinsects

The peony scale (Pseudaonidia paeoniae) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 7 countries, including Georgia, Italy and Japan.

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Quick facts about the peony 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
7 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the peony 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 peony scale is listed for 7 countries.

South KoreaNetherlandsTaiwanItalyGeorgiaPhilippinesJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Georgia
  2. Italy
  3. Japan
  4. Netherlands
  5. Philippines
  6. South Korea
  7. Taiwan

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. United States

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 peony 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 peony scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusPseudaonidia
  7. SpeciesPseudaonidia paeoniae (Cockerell, 1899)

Synonyms Aspidiotus duplex paeoniae, Aspidiotus duplex subsp. peoniae, Aspidiotus paconiae, Aspidiotus paeoniae, Pseudaonidia poeoniae, Pseudaonidiella paeoniae

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Japanese camellia scaleEnglish
  • 검은조개깍지벌레Korean
  • Щитовка японская камелиеваяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the peony scale

Other species in the same genus Pseudaonidia.

Cashew scale

Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

Isis scale

Pseudaonidia obsita

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

ComparePeony scale vs Cashew scalePeony scale vs Isis scalePeony scale vs Pseudaonidia baikeaePeony scale vs Pseudaonidia casuarinae

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the peony scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the peony scale for 7 countries, including Georgia, Italy, Japan, Netherlands and Philippines. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the peony scale an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the peony scale?

The peony scale (Pseudaonidia paeoniae) belongs to the family Diaspididae 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). Peony scale (Pseudaonidia paeoniae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/peony-scale

MLA

“Peony scale (Pseudaonidia paeoniae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/peony-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{peony_scale_2026,
  title = {Peony scale (Pseudaonidia paeoniae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/peony-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}