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Pseudococcus
Pseudococcus is a genus of unarmoured scale insects in the family Pseudococcidae, the mealy bugs. There are more than 150 species of Pseudococcus.
27 branches of this genus, most-observed first

long-tailed mealybug
speciesPseudococcus longispinus
Citrophilus Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus calceolariae

Cape Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus viburni

Comstock Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus comstocki

Vine Mealy Bug
speciesPseudococcus maritimus

Banana Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus elisae
Pseudococcus araucariarum
speciesPseudococcus araucariarum
sotol mealybug
speciesPseudococcus dasyliriae
Pseudococcus antricolens
speciesPseudococcus antricolens
Spanish moss mealybug
speciesPseudococcus bryberia
Galapogos Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus galapagoensis
Island Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus insularis
Pseudococcus markharveyi
speciesPseudococcus markharveyi
Pseudococcus barleriae
speciesPseudococcus barleriae
Imported Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus importatus

Jack Beardsley Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus jackbeardsleyi
Pseudococcus nitidus
speciesPseudococcus nitidus
Pseudococcus wachendorfiae
speciesPseudococcus wachendorfiae
Pseudococcus cimensis
speciesPseudococcus cimensis
Trochanter Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus sorghiellus
Pseudococcus orchidicola
speciesPseudococcus orchidicola
Pseudococcus microadonidum
speciesPseudococcus microadonidum
Pseudococcus marshallensis
speciesPseudococcus marshallensis
Dendrobium Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus dendrobiorum
Orchid Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus microcirculus

Citriculus Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus cryptus
Schuster Galapagos Mealybug
speciesPseudococcus schusteri
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 49575.