# White scale (*Pseudaulacaspis pentagona*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-scale  
Data as of: 2026-11-11

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.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 countries |

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Hemiptera
- family: Diaspididae
- genus: Pseudaulacaspis
- species: *Pseudaulacaspis 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*

## Countries on record

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.

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chile, Christmas Island, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Czechia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Fiji, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Montenegro, Montserrat, and 46 more

## Common questions

### 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

- [An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1), CC0 1.0, E096-269. Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1
- [AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5), CC BY 4.0, v1. 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](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7), CC BY 4.0, v7. Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7
- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), CC BY 4.0, 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0, 2026-11-11. Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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