Species Dysmicoccus wistariae - Taxus mealybug

Classification · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)

Superfamily Coccoidea (Scales and Mealybugs)

Family Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)

Genus Dysmicoccus

Species wistariae (Taxus mealybug)

Food

Mainly feeds on the sap of Taxus spp. (Yew), though it may also been found in small numbers on Prunus, rhododendron, dogwood, and maple.

Life Cycle

Overwinters as immature nymphs under ovisacs in bark crevices. Becomes reproductive in early summer, when two or three generations may be produced (June through August in the NY area).

Internet References

University of Rhode Island Fact Sheet.

Cornell.edu (scroll down to Taxus Mealybug)

Forestryimages.org

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 19 June, 2008 - 2:48pm

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