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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Scales and Mealybugs (Coccoidea) » Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae) » Pseudococcus » Long-tailed Mealybug (Pseudococcus longispinus)

Species Pseudococcus longispinus - Long-tailed Mealybug

Classification · Range · Food · Internet References
Long-tailed Mealybug - Pseudococcus longispinus mealybug? - Pseudococcus longispinus scale insect - Pseudococcus longispinus mealybug ? - Pseudococcus longispinus Pseudococcus longispinus - Long-tailed Mealybug - Pseudococcus longispinus Mealy jerks - Pseudococcus longispinus Mealy jerks - Pseudococcus longispinus Mealy jerks - Pseudococcus longispinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
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 Pseudococcus
Species longispinus (Long-tailed Mealybug)
Range
Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions and in greenhouses.
Food
Many species of plants
Internet References
USDA
U. Florida. Pseudococcus longispinus
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 17 April, 2006 - 3:32am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 24 August, 2020 - 8:09am

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