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Protea white scale

Aspidiotus artus Munting, 1971

Status not recordedinsects

The protea white scale (Aspidiotus artus) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about the protea white 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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the protea white 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 protea white scale is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Is the protea white 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 protea white scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusAspidiotus
  7. SpeciesAspidiotus artus Munting, 1971

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the protea white scale

Other species in the same genus Aspidiotus.

Ivy scale

Aspidiotus nerii

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the protea white scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the protea white scale for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the protea white scale?

The protea white scale (Aspidiotus artus) 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). Protea white scale (Aspidiotus artus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/protea-white-scale

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BibTeX
@misc{protea_white_scale_2026,
  title = {Protea white scale (Aspidiotus artus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/protea-white-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}