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Mealybugs
Pseudococcidae
Mealybugs are insects in the family Pseudococcidae, unarmored scale insects found in moist, warm habitats. Of the more than 2,000 described species, many are considered pests, as they feed on plant juices of greenhouse plants, house plants, and subtropical trees and also act as a vector for several plant diseases. Some ants live in symbiotic relationships with them, protecting them from predators and feeding off the honeydew that they excrete.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Pseudococcus
genusPseudococcus
Phenacoccus
genusPhenacoccus
Planococcus
genusPlanococcus
Ferrisia
genusFerrisia
Nipaecoccus
genusNipaecoccus
Melanococcus
genusMelanococcus
Rastrococcus
genusRastrococcus
Nesopedronia
genusNesopedronia
Hypogeococcus
genusHypogeococcus
Paracoccus
genusParacoccus
Paraferrisia
genusParaferrisia
Dysmicoccus
genusDysmicoccus
Balanococcus
genusBalanococcus
Laminicoccus
genusLaminicoccus
Trabutina
genusTrabutina
Stemmatomerinx
genusStemmatomerinx
Heliococcus
genusHeliococcus
Maconellicoccus
genusMaconellicoccus
Antonina
genusAntonina
Spilococcus
genusSpilococcus
Delottococcus
genusDelottococcus
Pseudoripersia
genusPseudoripersia
Trionymus
genusTrionymus
Saccharicoccus
genusSaccharicoccus
Amonostherium
genusAmonostherium
Paradoxococcus
genusParadoxococcus
Octococcus
genusOctococcus
Coccura
genusCoccura
Chaetococcus
genusChaetococcus
Geococcus
genusGeococcus
Asteliacoccus
genusAsteliacoccus
Phyllococcus
genusPhyllococcus
Tridiscus
genusTridiscus
Anisococcus
genusAnisococcus
Distichlicoccus
genusDistichlicoccus
Oracella
genusOracella
Eurycoccus
genusEurycoccus
Vryburgia
genusVryburgia
Formicococcus
genusFormicococcus
Paraputo
genusParaputo
Peliococcus
genusPeliococcus
Mombasinia
genusMombasinia
Chryseococcus
genusChryseococcus
Coccidohystrix
genusCoccidohystrix
Palmicultor
genusPalmicultor
Eucalyptococcus
genusEucalyptococcus
Australicoccus
genusAustralicoccus
Syrmococcus
genusSyrmococcus
Lankacoccus
genusLankacoccus
Chlorococcus
genusChlorococcus
Miscanthicoccus
genusMiscanthicoccus
Erium
genusErium
Planococcoides
genusPlanococcoides
Crisicoccus
genusCrisicoccus
Cataenococcus
genusCataenococcus
Chileputo
genusChileputo
Albertinia
genusAlbertinia
Tangicoccus
genusTangicoccus
Epicoccus
genusEpicoccus
Leptococcus
genusLeptococcus
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 49574.