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Rhizoecus
Rhizoecus is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Pseudococcidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Florida Ground Mealybug
speciesRhizoecus floridanus

Rhizoecus simplex
speciesRhizoecus simplex
Graminis Ground Mealybug
speciesRhizoecus graminis
Blind Mealybug
speciesRhizoecus dianthi
Rhizoecus caladii
speciesRhizoecus caladii
Rhizoecus pratensis
speciesRhizoecus pratensis
Rhizoecus vitis
speciesRhizoecus vitis
White Root Mealybug
speciesRhizoecus albidus
Rhizoecus pallidus
speciesRhizoecus pallidus
Rhizoecus amorphophalli
speciesRhizoecus amorphophalli
Trinity Ground Mealybug
speciesRhizoecus bicirculus
Slender Ground Mealybug
speciesRhizoecus gracilis
Rhizoecus insularis
speciesRhizoecus insularis
Rhizoecus mediatlanticus
speciesRhizoecus mediatlanticus
Rhizoecus latus
speciesRhizoecus latus
Rhizoecus poltavae
speciesRhizoecus poltavae
Rhizoecus americanus
speciesRhizoecus americanus
Rhizoecus tritici
speciesRhizoecus tritici
Rhizoecus kelloggi
speciesRhizoecus kelloggi
Ground Mealybug
speciesRhizoecus falcifer
Rhizoecus halophilus
speciesRhizoecus halophilus
Rhizoecus perprocerus
speciesRhizoecus perprocerus
Rhizoecus oliveri
speciesRhizoecus oliveri
California Ground Mealybug
speciesRhizoecus californicus
Rhizoecus deboerae
speciesRhizoecus deboerae
Cacticans Mealybug
speciesRhizoecus cacticans
Rhizoecus puhiensis
speciesRhizoecus puhiensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 450177.