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Pseudococcus

Pseudococcus
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Pseudococcus citriculus, citriculus mealybug
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Pseudococcidae
Genus: Pseudococcus
Westwood, 1840
Species

150+, see text


150+, see text

Pseudococcus is a genus of unarmoured scale insects in the family Pseudococcidae, the mealy bugs. There are more than 150 species of Pseudococcus.

Species include:

Citrophilius mealybug Pseudococcus calceolariae

Pseudococcus affinis, female

Pseudococcus species on Maize roots


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