Blackcurrant vs currant soft scale

Antidesma parvifolium compared with Eulecanium douglasi

Key Differences

• Blackcurrant is Least Concern while currant soft scale is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackcurrant	currant soft scale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Phyllanthaceae	Coccidae
Genus	Antidesma	Eulecanium
Species	Antidesma parvifolium	Eulecanium douglasi

Conservation Status

Blackcurrant

LC — Least Concern

currant soft scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackcurrant	currant soft scale
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackcurrant

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

currant soft scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Blackcurrant

The Blackcurrant (Antidesma parvifolium) is a species in the genus Antidesma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.