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