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Proteus scale

Parlatoria proteus (Curtis, 1843)

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The proteus scale (Parlatoria proteus) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 64 countries, including Argentina, Australia and Bahamas.

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Quick facts about the proteus 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
64 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the proteus 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 proteus scale is listed for 64 countries.

FijiTanzaniaPapua New GuineaIndonesiaArgentinaKenyaHaitiDominican Rep.RussiaBahamasSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilBoliviaPeruColombiaPanamaGuatemalaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaNigeriaCôte d'IvoireIsraelThailandVietnamSouth KoreaIndiaPakistanIranUkrainePolandRomaniaGermanyBulgariaBelgiumNetherlandsSpainNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.AustraliaSri LankaTaiwanItalyDenmarkGeorgiaMalaysiaJapanParaguayEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Australia
  3. Bahamas
  4. Belgium
  5. Bolivia
  6. Brazil
  7. Bulgaria
  8. Colombia
  9. Côte d’Ivoire
  10. Cuba
  11. Denmark
  12. Dominican Republic
  13. Ecuador
  14. Egypt
  15. Fiji
  16. France
  17. Georgia
  18. Germany
  19. Guam
  20. Guatemala
  21. Guyana
  22. Haiti
  23. Hong Kong SAR China
  24. India
  25. Indonesia
  26. Iran
  27. Israel
  28. Italy
  29. Jamaica
  30. Japan
  31. Kenya
  32. Malaysia
  33. Malta
  34. Mauritius
  35. Mexico
  36. Monaco
  37. Nauru
  38. Netherlands
  39. New Caledonia
  40. Nigeria
Show 24 more countries
  1. Pakistan
  2. Palau
  3. Panama
  4. Papua New Guinea
  5. Paraguay
  6. Peru
  7. Poland
  8. Puerto Rico
  9. Romania
  10. Russia
  11. Samoa
  12. Singapore
  13. Solomon Islands
  14. South Africa
  15. South Korea
  16. Spain
  17. Sri Lanka
  18. Suriname
  19. Taiwan
  20. Tanzania
  21. Thailand
  22. Ukraine
  23. Venezuela
  24. Vietnam

Is the proteus 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 proteus scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusParlatoria
  7. SpeciesParlatoria proteus (Curtis, 1843)

Synonyms Aspidiotus proteus, Diaspis monserrati, Diaspis parlatoria, Diaspis parlatoris, Parlatorea proteus, Parlatoria orbicularis, Parlatoria potens, Parlatoria proteus, Parlatoria selenipedii, Syngenaspis proteus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Common parlatoria scaleEnglish
  • Orchid parlatoria scaleEnglish
  • Sanseveria scaleEnglish
  • Small brown scaleEnglish
  • حشرة الفضة القشريةArabic
  • poll-blancSpanish
  • 긴점깍지벌레Korean
  • Щитовка орхидная фиолетоваяRussian
  • 黃片盾介殼蟲Chinese
  • piojo blancoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the proteus scale

Other species in the same genus Parlatoria.

Olive scale

Parlatoria oleae

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

Chaff scale

Parlatoria pergandii

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

Ebony scale

Parlatoria ziziphi

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the proteus scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the proteus scale for 64 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium and Bolivia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the proteus scale?

The proteus scale (Parlatoria proteus) 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). Proteus scale (Parlatoria proteus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/proteus-scale

MLA

“Proteus scale (Parlatoria proteus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/proteus-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{proteus_scale_2026,
  title = {Proteus scale (Parlatoria proteus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/proteus-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}