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Pittosporum scale

Planchonia arabidis Signoret, 1877

Status not recordedinsects

The pittosporum scale (Planchonia arabidis) is a species in the family Asterolecaniidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 19 countries, including Bulgaria, Cuba and Cyprus.

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Quick facts about the pittosporum 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
19 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the pittosporum 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 pittosporum scale is listed for 19 countries.

HaitiDominican Rep.FranceCubaSwedenPolandHungaryGermanyBulgariaTurkeyPortugalSpainItalyUnited KingdomGeorgiaCzechiaCyprus
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Bulgaria
  2. Cuba
  3. Cyprus
  4. Czechia
  5. Dominican Republic
  6. France
  7. Georgia
  8. Germany
  9. Guadeloupe
  10. Haiti
  11. Hungary
  12. Italy
  13. Malta
  14. Poland
  15. Portugal
  16. Spain
  17. Sweden
  18. Türkiye
  19. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the pittosporum 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 pittosporum scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyAsterolecaniidae
  6. genusPlanchonia
  7. SpeciesPlanchonia arabidis Signoret, 1877

Synonyms Asterolecanium arabidis, Asterolecanium massalongianum, Planchonia hederae, Planchonia valloti, Pollinia thesii

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Червец плющевыйRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pittosporum scale

Other species in the same genus Planchonia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the pittosporum scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the pittosporum scale for 19 countries, including Bulgaria, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia and Dominican Republic. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the pittosporum scale?

The pittosporum scale (Planchonia arabidis) 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). Pittosporum scale (Planchonia arabidis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/planchonia-arabidis

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“Pittosporum scale (Planchonia arabidis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/planchonia-arabidis.

BibTeX
@misc{planchonia_arabidis_2026,
  title = {Pittosporum scale (Planchonia arabidis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/planchonia-arabidis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}