Pseudaulacaspis pentagona

TaxID: 340619

Basic Information

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona

West Indian scale, White Scale

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona, the white peach scale or mulberry scale, is a species of armoured scale insect in the family Diaspididae. This scale infests over 100 different genera of plants including many fruit trees and ornamentals.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Diaspididae

Pseudaulacaspis

pentagona

unclassified

Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (124 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Abelmoschus esculentus Host
Acacia Host
Acanthus Host
Actinidia Host
Actinidia deliciosa Host
Adenium Host
Allamanda Host
Anisodontea capensis Host
Aralia Host
Berberis Host
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Quarantine Status (45 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Armenia Absent —
Austria RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
Azerbaijan Present 2024
Belgium RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
Bulgaria RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
Belarus Absent 1994
Switzerland Regulated non-quarantine pest 2019
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Cyprus RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
Czechia RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
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Distribution (110 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

103
Present
7
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Netherlands Antilles Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bahamas Present —
Bermuda Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature