Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833
(Oleander Scale)

Interactions where Aspidiotus nerii is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			ARECACEAE	palms	Arecales	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Arecales/Arecaceae/	Arecaceae	palms		live	leaf
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			Asparagus plumosus	Asparagus Fern	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus plumosus/	Asparagus plumosus	asparagus fern		live	leaf
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			Dracaena	dragon trees	Asparagales: Asparagaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Dracaena/	Dracaena	dragon trees		live	leaf
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			Fatsia japonica	Fatsia	Apiales: Araliaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Fatsia japonica/	Fatsia japonica	fatsia		live	leaf
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			Erica	bell heathers	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/	Erica	bell heathers		live	leaf
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			Cyclamen	cyclamens	Ericales: Primulaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Primulaceae/Cyclamen/	Cyclamen	cyclamens		live	leaf
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			Acacia	wattles, acacias	Fabales: Fabaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Acacia/	Acacia	wattles, acacias		live	leaf
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			Aucuba japonica	Spotted-laurel	Garryales: Garryaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Garryales/Garryaceae/Aucuba japonica/	Aucuba japonica	spotted-laurel		live	leaf
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			Nerium oleander	Oleander	Gentianales: Apocynaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Nerium oleander/	Nerium oleander	oleander		live	leaf
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			Ficus	figs	Rosales: Moraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Moraceae/Ficus/	Ficus	figs		live	leaf
(hypophyllous, colonial)		hypophyllous, colonial sucks sap of live leaf			Laurus nobilis	Bay, Bay Laurel	Laurales: Lauraceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale		hypophyllous, colonial			Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Laurales/Lauraceae/Laurus nobilis/	Laurus nobilis	bay, bay laurel		live	leaf

Interactions where Aspidiotus nerii is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		is parasitised by			Cosmospora flammea	a lichenicolous fungus	Hypocreales: Nectriaceae	Nectria flammea (Tulasne) Dingley, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 79: 189, 1951, Booth, C., 1972	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Nectriaceae/Cosmospora flammea/	Cosmospora flammea	a lichenicolous fungus					Animal / parasite			/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Aspidiotus nerii/	Aspidiotus nerii	oleander scale								parasitises

Author & Year	Title	Source
Booth, C., 1972	Nectria flammea (Tulasne) Dingley, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 79: 189, 1951	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 715.
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Aspidiotus nerii (Oleander Scale) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

INSECTA
(true insects)

Aspidiotus nerii (Oleander Scale) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Aspidiotus nerii (Oleander Scale)
Family	DIASPIDIDAE (armoured scales)
Superfamily	COCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
Suborder	STERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Aspidiotus nerii is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aspidiotus nerii (Oleander Scale)

Aspidiotus nerii (Oleander Scale) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DIASPIDIDAE
(armoured scales)

COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aspidiotus nerii (Oleander Scale):

DIASPIDIDAE
(armoured scales)

COCCOIDEA
(scale insects, coccids)

STERNORRHYNCHA
(a suborder of bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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