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Tea parlatoria scale

Parlatoria theae Cockerell, 1896

Status not recordedinsects

The tea parlatoria scale (Parlatoria theae) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 17 countries, including Algeria, Belgium and China.

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Quick facts about the tea parlatoria 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
17 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the tea parlatoria 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 tea parlatoria scale is listed for 17 countries.

RussiaFranceAlgeriaSouth KoreaIranUkraineGreeceBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainChinaTaiwanItalyGeorgiaPhilippinesJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Algeria
  2. Belgium
  3. China
  4. France
  5. Georgia
  6. Greece
  7. Iran
  8. Italy
  9. Japan
  10. Netherlands
  11. Philippines
  12. Portugal
  13. Russia
  14. South Korea
  15. Spain
  16. Taiwan
  17. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the tea parlatoria 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 tea parlatoria scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusParlatoria
  7. SpeciesParlatoria theae Cockerell, 1896

Synonyms Parlatoreopsis theae, Parlatoria dives, Parlatoria euonymi, Parlatoria pergandei subsp. dives, Parlatoria pergandei theae, Parlatoria theae, Parlatoria theae euonymi, Parlatoria theae viridis, Parlatoria viridis, Syngenaspis theae, Syngenaspis theae euonymi, Syngenaspis theae viridis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • 차나무점깍지벌레Korean
  • Щитовка чайная фиолетоваяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tea parlatoria 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 tea parlatoria scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the tea parlatoria scale for 17 countries, including Algeria, Belgium, China, France and Georgia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the tea parlatoria scale?

The tea parlatoria scale (Parlatoria theae) 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). Tea parlatoria scale (Parlatoria theae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tea-parlatoria-scale

MLA

“Tea parlatoria scale (Parlatoria theae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tea-parlatoria-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{tea_parlatoria_scale_2026,
  title = {Tea parlatoria scale (Parlatoria theae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tea-parlatoria-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}