Family Pseudococcidae - Mealybugs

Classification · Identification · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Tiny (up to 2mm) bugs found around eyes of red potatoes. - Planoccocus citri

Citrus Mealybug on, uh, Citrus. - Planoccocus citri

Striped mealybug - Ferrisia virgata - Ferrisia virgata

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)

Identification

Females, body elongate-oval, segmented. Have well developed legs.

Life Cycle

Some viviparous others oviparous.

Print References

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Internet References

University of Minnesota Life cycle etc.

Key to Mealybugs University of Florida key to a few common species.

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 23 February, 2006 - 4:00pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 9 December, 2007 - 11:16am

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