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White scale

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti, 1886)

Status not recordedinsects

The white scale (Pseudaulacaspis pentagona) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 106 countries, including Argentina, Australia and Austria.

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Quick facts about the white 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
106 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the white 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 white scale is listed for 106 countries.

FijiTanzaniaCanadaPapua New GuineaIndonesiaArgentinaChileKenyaDominican Rep.BahamasSouth AfricaMexicoUruguayBrazilBoliviaPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaHondurasVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrancePuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweCameroonGhanaMalawiIsraelMadagascarIraqVanuatuThailandVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaNepalIranSyriaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.New ZealandAustraliaSri LankaTaiwanItalyAzerbaijanGeorgiaPhilippinesBruneiSloveniaCzechiaJapanEgyptMacedoniaSerbiaMontenegro
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Australia
  3. Austria
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Bahamas
  6. Barbados
  7. Belgium
  8. Bermuda
  9. Bolivia
  10. Brazil
  11. Brunei
  12. Bulgaria
  13. Cameroon
  14. Canada
  15. Cape Verde
  16. Cayman Islands
  17. Chile
  18. Christmas Island
  19. Colombia
  20. Comoros
  21. Costa Rica
  22. Croatia
  23. Cuba
  24. Curaçao
  25. Czechia
  26. Dominica
  27. Dominican Republic
  28. Egypt
  29. Fiji
  30. France
  31. French Guiana
  32. Georgia
  33. Germany
  34. Ghana
  35. Greece
  36. Grenada
  37. Guadeloupe
  38. Guam
  39. Guyana
  40. Honduras
Show 66 more countries
  1. Hong Kong SAR China
  2. Hungary
  3. Indonesia
  4. Iran
  5. Iraq
  6. Israel
  7. Italy
  8. Jamaica
  9. Japan
  10. Kenya
  11. Luxembourg
  12. Madagascar
  13. Malawi
  14. Maldives
  15. Malta
  16. Martinique
  17. Mauritius
  18. Mexico
  19. Montenegro
  20. Montserrat
  21. Nepal
  22. Netherlands
  23. New Caledonia
  24. New Zealand
  25. Norfolk Island
  26. North Korea
  27. North Macedonia
  28. Palau
  29. Panama
  30. Papua New Guinea
  31. Peru
  32. Philippines
  33. Poland
  34. Portugal
  35. Puerto Rico
  36. Romania
  37. Samoa
  38. Serbia
  39. Seychelles
  40. Singapore
  41. Slovenia
  42. Solomon Islands
  43. South Africa
  44. South Korea
  45. Spain
  46. Sri Lanka
  47. St. Helena
  48. St. Lucia
  49. St. Vincent & Grenadines
  50. Suriname
  51. Sweden
  52. Switzerland
  53. Syria
  54. Taiwan
  55. Tanzania
  56. Thailand
  57. Tonga
  58. Türkiye
  59. U.S. Virgin Islands
  60. Ukraine
  61. Uruguay
  62. Vanuatu
  63. Venezuela
  64. Vietnam
  65. Wallis & Futuna
  66. Zimbabwe

Is the white 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 white scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusPseudaulacaspis
  7. SpeciesPseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti, 1886)

Synonyms Aspidiotus lanatus, Aspidiotus vitiensis, Aulacaspis pentagona, Diaspis amygdali, Diaspis geranii, Diaspis gerannii, Diaspis lanatus, Diaspis patelliformis, Diaspis pentagona, Epidaispis vitiensis, Epidiaspis lanata, Pseudaulacaspidis pentagona, Pseudaulacaspis pentaggona, Sasakiaspis pentagona

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Mulberry scaleEnglish
  • West indian peach scaleEnglish
  • West Indian scaleEnglish
  • White peach scaleEnglish
  • White plum scaleEnglish
  • حشرة الخوخ القشرية البيضاءArabic
  • Mandel-SchildlausGerman
  • cochinilla blanca del duraznero o DiaspisSpanish
  • cochenille du mûrierFrench
  • eperfa pajzstetuHungarian
  • cocciniglia bianca del gelso e del pescoItalian
  • 뽕나무깍지벌레Korean
  • cochonilha branca da amoreiraPortuguese
  • Щитовка тутоваяRussian
  • Dut KabuklubitiTurkish
  • kuwa-shiro -kaigaramushiroot
  • 桑擬白輪盾介殼蟲Chinese
  • tutovaya schilovkaRussian
  • tutovaya schitovkaRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the white scale

Other species in the same genus Pseudaulacaspis.

Mango scale

Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli

DiaspididaeNo free photo yet

CompareWhite scale vs Mango scaleWhite scale vs White prunicola scaleWhite scale vs Pseudaulacaspis abbrideliaeWhite scale vs Pseudaulacaspis biformis

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the white scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the white scale for 106 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Bahamas. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the white scale?

The white scale (Pseudaulacaspis pentagona) 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). White scale (Pseudaulacaspis pentagona). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-scale

MLA

“White scale (Pseudaulacaspis pentagona).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{white_scale_2026,
  title = {White scale (Pseudaulacaspis pentagona)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}