Blistering Ammania vs currant soft scale

Ammannia baccifera compared with Eulecanium douglasi

Key Differences

• Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while currant soft scale is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	currant soft scale
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Lythraceae	Coccidae
Genus	Ammannia	Eulecanium
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Eulecanium douglasi

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

currant soft scale

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	currant soft scale
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

currant soft scale

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian