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Quince scale

Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret, 1869)

Status not recordedinsects

The quince scale (Hemiberlesia lataniae) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 126 countries, including Algeria, Angola and Australia.

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Quick facts about the quince 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
126 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the quince 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 quince scale is listed for 126 countries.

FijiTanzaniaPapua New GuineaIndonesiaChileDem. Rep. CongoSomaliaKenyaSudanHaitiDominican Rep.RussiaBahamasSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweSenegalMaliBeninNigeriaCameroonTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireGuineaSierra LeoneZambiaMalawiMozambiqueAngolaIsraelLebanonMadagascarTunisiaAlgeriaJordanIraqOmanVanuatuThailandVietnamSouth KoreaMongoliaIndiaBangladeshPakistanIranSyriaPolandAustriaRomaniaLatviaBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.New ZealandAustraliaSri LankaChinaTaiwanItalyGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaBruneiCzechiaEritreaJapanSaudi ArabiaCyprusMoroccoEgyptLibyaEthiopiaUgandaRwanda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Algeria
  2. Angola
  3. Australia
  4. Austria
  5. Bahamas
  6. Bangladesh
  7. Barbados
  8. Belgium
  9. Benin
  10. Bermuda
  11. Brazil
  12. Brunei
  13. Bulgaria
  14. Cameroon
  15. Cape Verde
  16. Chile
  17. China
  18. Colombia
  19. Comoros
  20. Congo - Kinshasa
  21. Cook Islands
  22. Costa Rica
  23. Côte d’Ivoire
  24. Croatia
  25. Cuba
  26. Cyprus
  27. Czechia
  28. Dominica
  29. Dominican Republic
  30. Ecuador
  31. Egypt
  32. Eritrea
  33. Ethiopia
  34. Fiji
  35. France
  36. French Guiana
  37. Georgia
  38. Ghana
  39. Greece
  40. Guadeloupe
Show 86 more countries
  1. Guinea
  2. Guyana
  3. Haiti
  4. Honduras
  5. Hong Kong SAR China
  6. India
  7. Indonesia
  8. Iran
  9. Iraq
  10. Israel
  11. Italy
  12. Jamaica
  13. Japan
  14. Jordan
  15. Kenya
  16. Kiribati
  17. Latvia
  18. Lebanon
  19. Libya
  20. Madagascar
  21. Malawi
  22. Malaysia
  23. Maldives
  24. Mali
  25. Malta
  26. Marshall Islands
  27. Martinique
  28. Mauritius
  29. Mexico
  30. Micronesia
  31. Mongolia
  32. Morocco
  33. Mozambique
  34. Netherlands
  35. New Caledonia
  36. New Zealand
  37. Nicaragua
  38. Nigeria
  39. Niue
  40. Oman
  41. Pakistan
  42. Palau
  43. Panama
  44. Papua New Guinea
  45. Peru
  46. Philippines
  47. Poland
  48. Portugal
  49. Puerto Rico
  50. Romania
  51. Russia
  52. Rwanda
  53. Samoa
  54. São Tomé & Príncipe
  55. Saudi Arabia
  56. Senegal
  57. Seychelles
  58. Sierra Leone
  59. Singapore
  60. Solomon Islands
  61. Somalia
  62. South Africa
  63. South Korea
  64. Spain
  65. Sri Lanka
  66. St. Helena
  67. St. Lucia
  68. Sudan
  69. Suriname
  70. Syria
  71. Taiwan
  72. Tanzania
  73. Thailand
  74. Togo
  75. Tokelau
  76. Tonga
  77. Tunisia
  78. Türkiye
  79. Tuvalu
  80. U.S. Virgin Islands
  81. Uganda
  82. Vanuatu
  83. Venezuela
  84. Vietnam
  85. Zambia
  86. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the quince scale as introduced in 7 countries.

  1. Australia
  2. Canary Islands
  3. Dominica
  4. Ecuador
  5. France
  6. Israel
  7. 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 quince 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 quince scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusHemiberlesia
  7. SpeciesHemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret, 1869)

Synonyms Aspidiella punica, Aspidiella punicae, Aspidiotus askleniae, Aspidiotus aspleniae, Aspidiotus crawii, Aspidiotus cydoniae, Aspidiotus cydoniae crawii, Aspidiotus cydoniae greenii, Aspidiotus cydoniae punicae, Aspidiotus cydoniae subsp. tecta, Aspidiotus cydoniae tecta, Aspidiotus diffinis subsp. lateralis, Aspidiotus greenii, Aspidiotus implicatus, Aspidiotus implocatus, Aspidiotus lataniae, Aspidiotus lateralis, Aspidiotus punicae, Aspidiotus sydonia, Aspidiotus tectus, Diaspidiotus lataniae, Hemiberlesia crawii, Hemiberlesia implicatus, Hemiberlesia latanie, Hemiberlesia latanieae, Marlattaspis implicatus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Latania scaleEnglish
  • حشرة الالتانيا القشريةArabic
  • Queresa lataniaSpanish
  • Щитовка латаниеваяRussian
  • Kaktüs Beyaz Kabuklu BitiTurkish
  • yashi-shiro-marukaigaramushiroot
  • 椰子櫛圓盾介殼蟲Chinese
  • escama armada de la palma mascareñaSpanish
  • escama del latanoSpanish
  • escama del peralSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the quince scale

Other species in the same genus Hemiberlesia.

Apple scale

Hemiberlesia rapax

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

Poplar scale

Hemiberlesia popularum

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the quince scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the quince scale for 126 countries, including Algeria, Angola, Australia, Austria and Bahamas. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the quince scale an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the quince scale as introduced in 7 countries, including Australia, Canary Islands, Dominica, Ecuador and France, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the quince scale?

The quince scale (Hemiberlesia lataniae) belongs to the family Diaspididae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Quince scale (Hemiberlesia lataniae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/quince-scale

MLA

“Quince scale (Hemiberlesia lataniae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/quince-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{quince_scale_2026,
  title = {Quince scale (Hemiberlesia lataniae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/quince-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}