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.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- American Samoa
- Bahamas
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Fiji
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kiribati
- Lithuania
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico
- Myanmar (Burma)
- New Caledonia
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Peru
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico
- Samoa
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Thailand
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Vietnam
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?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyPseudococcidae
- genusDysmicoccus
- 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
Relatives of the annona mealybug
Other species in the same genus Dysmicoccus.
Pineapple mealybug
Dysmicoccus brevipes
Gray sugarcane mealybug
Dysmicoccus boninsis
Walker's mealybug
Dysmicoccus walkeri
Monterey pine mealybug
Dysmicoccus aciculus
Narrow mealybug
Dysmicoccus angustus
Orange-colored mealybug
Dysmicoccus aurantius
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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.
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