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Annona mealybug

Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley Jr., 1959

Status not recordedinsects

The annona mealybug (Dysmicoccus neobrevipes) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 38 countries, including American Samoa, Bahamas and Brazil.

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Quick facts about the annona 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
38 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the annona 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 annona mealybug is listed for 38 countries.

FijiHaitiDominican Rep.BahamasMexicoBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaSurinameEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCôte d'IvoireCambodiaThailandMyanmarVietnamIndiaPakistanLithuaniaNew CaledoniaSri LankaItalyPhilippinesJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. American Samoa
  2. Bahamas
  3. Brazil
  4. Cambodia
  5. Colombia
  6. Cook Islands
  7. Costa Rica
  8. Côte d’Ivoire
  9. Dominican Republic
  10. Ecuador
  11. El Salvador
  12. Fiji
  13. Guam
  14. Guatemala
  15. Haiti
  16. Honduras
  17. India
  18. Italy
  19. Jamaica
  20. Japan
  21. Kiribati
  22. Lithuania
  23. Marshall Islands
  24. Mexico
  25. Myanmar (Burma)
  26. New Caledonia
  27. Pakistan
  28. Panama
  29. Peru
  30. Philippines
  31. Puerto Rico
  32. Samoa
  33. Singapore
  34. Sri Lanka
  35. Suriname
  36. Thailand
  37. U.S. Virgin Islands
  38. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the annona 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 annona mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusDysmicoccus
  7. SpeciesDysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley Jr., 1959

Synonyms Dysmicoccus neorevipes, Dysmioccus neobrevipes

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Banana-kona-kaigara-musiroot
  • gray pineapple mealybugChinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the annona mealybug

Other species in the same genus Dysmicoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the annona mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the annona mealybug for 38 countries, including American Samoa, Bahamas, Brazil, Cambodia and Colombia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the annona mealybug?

The annona mealybug (Dysmicoccus neobrevipes) belongs to the family Pseudococcidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Annona mealybug (Dysmicoccus neobrevipes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/annona-mealybug

MLA

“Annona mealybug (Dysmicoccus neobrevipes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/annona-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{annona_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Annona mealybug (Dysmicoccus neobrevipes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/annona-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}