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Rufous scale

Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan, 1889)

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The rufous scale (Selenaspidus articulatus) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 72 countries, including Angola, Australia and Bahamas.

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Quick facts about the rufous 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
72 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the rufous 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 rufous scale is listed for 72 countries.

FijiTanzaniaDem. Rep. CongoSomaliaKenyaChadHaitiDominican Rep.BahamasSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilBoliviaPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaBelizeVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweNamibiaMaliBeninNigerNigeriaCameroonTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireGuineaSierra LeoneZambiaMozambiqueAngolaMadagascarVietnamIndiaNetherlandsSolomon Is.AustraliaSri LankaChinaTaiwanPhilippinesEritreaJapanEthiopiaUgandaS. Sudan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Angola
  2. Australia
  3. Bahamas
  4. Barbados
  5. Belize
  6. Benin
  7. Bermuda
  8. Bolivia
  9. Brazil
  10. Cameroon
  11. Chad
  12. China
  13. Colombia
  14. Comoros
  15. Congo - Kinshasa
  16. Costa Rica
  17. Côte d’Ivoire
  18. Cuba
  19. Dominica
  20. Dominican Republic
  21. Ecuador
  22. El Salvador
  23. Eritrea
  24. Ethiopia
  25. Fiji
  26. French Guiana
  27. Ghana
  28. Grenada
  29. Guadeloupe
  30. Guatemala
  31. Guinea
  32. Guyana
  33. Haiti
  34. Honduras
  35. India
  36. Jamaica
  37. Japan
  38. Kenya
  39. Madagascar
  40. Mali
Show 32 more countries
  1. Martinique
  2. Mauritius
  3. Mexico
  4. Montserrat
  5. Mozambique
  6. Namibia
  7. Netherlands
  8. Nicaragua
  9. Niger
  10. Nigeria
  11. Panama
  12. Peru
  13. Philippines
  14. Puerto Rico
  15. Sierra Leone
  16. Solomon Islands
  17. Somalia
  18. South Africa
  19. South Sudan
  20. Sri Lanka
  21. St. Lucia
  22. St. Vincent & Grenadines
  23. Suriname
  24. Taiwan
  25. Tanzania
  26. Togo
  27. U.S. Virgin Islands
  28. Uganda
  29. Venezuela
  30. Vietnam
  31. Zambia
  32. 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 rufous scale as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Ecuador
  2. 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 rufous 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 rufous scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusSelenaspidus
  7. SpeciesSelenaspidus articulatus (Morgan, 1889)

Synonyms Aspidiotus articulatus, Aspidiotus articulatus rufescens, Aspidiotus articulatus simplex, Aspidiotus articulatus subsp. simplex, Aspidiotus refescens, Aspidiotus rufescens, Pseudaonidia articulatus, Selenaspidis articulatus, Selenaspidus articulatus, Selenaspidus rufescens

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • West Indian red scaleEnglish
  • Westindische CitrusschildlausGerman
  • escama pardaSpanish
  • morugan-maru-kaigaramushiroot
  • 刺圓盾介殼蟲Chinese
  • "escama ""rufous"""Spanish
  • escama "rufous"Spanish
  • Queresa redonda de los citricosSpanish
  • Queresa redonda de los cítricosSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rufous scale

Other species in the same genus Selenaspidus.

CompareRufous scale vs White euphorbia scaleRufous scale vs Brownish euphorbia scaleRufous scale vs Selenaspidus ambanjaeRufous scale vs Selenaspidus antsingyi

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the rufous scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the rufous scale for 72 countries, including Angola, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados and Belize. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the rufous scale an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rufous scale as introduced in 2 countries: Ecuador and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the rufous scale?

The rufous scale (Selenaspidus articulatus) belongs to the family Diaspididae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rufous scale (Selenaspidus articulatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rufous-scale

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BibTeX
@misc{rufous_scale_2026,
  title = {Rufous scale (Selenaspidus articulatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rufous-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}