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.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- Algeria
- Angola
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- France
- French Guiana
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guadeloupe
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- Guinea
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong SAR China
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St. Helena
- St. Lucia
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Tuvalu
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- 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.
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?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyDiaspididae
- genusHemiberlesia
- 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
Relatives of the quince scale
Other species in the same genus Hemiberlesia.
Apple scale
Hemiberlesia rapax
False diffinis scale
Hemiberlesia neodiffinis
Tropical palm scale
Hemiberlesia palmae
Poplar scale
Hemiberlesia popularum
Irregular oak scale
Hemiberlesia quercicola
Cyanophyllum scale
Hemiberlesia cyanophylli
CompareQuince scale vs Apple scaleQuince scale vs False diffinis scaleQuince scale vs Tropical palm scaleQuince scale vs Poplar scale
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.
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