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Acute mealybug

Oracella acuta (Lobdell, 1930)

Status not recordedinsects

The acute mealybug (Oracella acuta) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: China and Georgia.

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Quick facts about the acute mealybug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the acute mealybug live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The acute mealybug is listed for 2 countries.

ChinaGeorgia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. China
  2. Georgia

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the acute mealybug as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Chinainvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the acute mealybug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the acute mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusOracella
  7. SpeciesOracella acuta (Lobdell, 1930)

Synonyms Pseudococcus acuta

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Loblolly pine mealybugEnglish
  • cochinilla harinosa del pinoSpanish
  • nantah oracellaChinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the acute mealybug

Other species in the same family Pseudococcidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the acute mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the acute mealybug for 2 countries: China and Georgia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the acute mealybug an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the acute mealybug as invasive in 1 country: China. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the acute mealybug?

The acute mealybug (Oracella acuta) belongs to the family Pseudococcidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Acute mealybug (Oracella acuta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/acute-mealybug

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BibTeX
@misc{acute_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Acute mealybug (Oracella acuta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/acute-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}