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Yanon scale

Unaspis yanonensis (Kuwana, 1923)

Status not recordedinsects

The yanon scale (Unaspis yanonensis) is a species in the family Diaspididae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 19 countries, including Armenia, Australia and Fiji.

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Quick facts about the yanon 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
19 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the yanon 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 yanon scale is listed for 19 countries.

FijiIndonesiaFranceThailandMyanmarVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaIndiaPakistanArmeniaSpainAustraliaTaiwanItalyPhilippinesMalaysiaJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Armenia
  2. Australia
  3. Fiji
  4. France
  5. Hong Kong SAR China
  6. India
  7. Indonesia
  8. Italy
  9. Japan
  10. Malaysia
  11. Myanmar (Burma)
  12. North Korea
  13. Pakistan
  14. Philippines
  15. South Korea
  16. Spain
  17. Taiwan
  18. Thailand
  19. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the yanon scale as introduced in 2 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Japaninvasive
  2. France

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 yanon 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 yanon scale classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyDiaspididae
  6. genusUnaspis
  7. SpeciesUnaspis yanonensis (Kuwana, 1923)

Synonyms Prontaspis yanonensis, Unaspis janonensis, Unaspis yannonensis, Unaspis yanonennis

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Arrow-head scaleEnglish
  • Arrowhead scaleEnglish
  • Yanone scaleEnglish
  • escama de YanonSpanish
  • cochenille asiatique des agrumesFrench
  • 화살깍지벌레Korean
  • Щитовка цитрусовая восточнаяRussian
  • yanone-kaigaramushiroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the yanon scale

Other species in the same genus Unaspis.

CompareYanon scale vs Euonymus scaleYanon scale vs White louseYanon scale vs Unaspis acuminataYanon scale vs Unaspis aei

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the yanon scale live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the yanon scale for 19 countries, including Armenia, Australia, Fiji, France and Hong Kong SAR China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the yanon scale an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the yanon scale as invasive in 1 country: Japan. It lists it as introduced in 2 in all.

What kind of animal is the yanon scale?

The yanon scale (Unaspis yanonensis) belongs to the family Diaspididae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yanon scale (Unaspis yanonensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yanon-scale

MLA

“Yanon scale (Unaspis yanonensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yanon-scale.

BibTeX
@misc{yanon_scale_2026,
  title = {Yanon scale (Unaspis yanonensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yanon-scale},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}