Tea scale
Fiorinia theae Green, 1900
Status not recordedinsects
The tea scale (Fiorinia theae) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 22 countries, including Bahamas, Bangladesh and Brunei.
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Quick facts about the tea 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
- 22 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does the tea 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 scale is listed for 22 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the tea 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 scale classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyDiaspididae
- genusFiorinia
- SpeciesFiorinia theae Green, 1900
Other names and names in other languages (2)
- Фиориния чайнаяRussian
- 茶圍盾介殼蟲Chinese
Relatives of the tea scale
Other species in the same genus Fiorinia.
Fiornia scale
Fiorinia externa
Ridged scale
Fiorinia fioriniae
Horri-konoha-kaigara
Fiorinia horii
Japanese scale
Fiorinia japonica
Phantasma scale
Fiorinia phantasma
Juniper fiorinia scale
Fiorinia pinicola
CompareTea scale vs Fiornia scaleTea scale vs Ridged scaleTea scale vs Horri-konoha-kaigaraTea scale vs Japanese scale
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the tea scale live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the tea scale for 22 countries, including Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia and China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the tea scale?
The tea scale (Fiorinia 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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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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