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Apple mealybug

Phenacoccus aceris (Signoret, 1875)

Status not recordedinsects

The apple mealybug (Phenacoccus aceris) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 37 countries, including Afghanistan, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about the apple 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
37 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the apple 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 apple mealybug is listed for 37 countries.

KazakhstanFranceIraqNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaAfghanistanTajikistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanIranArmeniaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgNetherlandsIrelandChinaItalyDenmarkGeorgiaSloveniaCzechia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Armenia
  3. Austria
  4. Bulgaria
  5. China
  6. Croatia
  7. Czechia
  8. Denmark
  9. Estonia
  10. France
  11. Georgia
  12. Germany
  13. Greece
  14. Hungary
  15. Iran
  16. Iraq
  17. Ireland
  18. Italy
  19. Kazakhstan
  20. Kyrgyzstan
  21. Latvia
  22. Lithuania
  23. Luxembourg
  24. Moldova
  25. Mongolia
  26. Netherlands
  27. North Korea
  28. Poland
  29. Romania
  30. Slovenia
  31. South Korea
  32. Sweden
  33. Switzerland
  34. Tajikistan
  35. Türkiye
  36. Turkmenistan
  37. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the apple mealybug as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

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 apple 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 apple mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus aceris (Signoret, 1875)

Synonyms Coccus farinosus, Coccus farinosus subsp. alni, Dactylopius vagabundus, Gossyparia farinosus, Phenacoccus farinosus, Phenacoccus gorgasalicus, Phenacoccus karkasicus, Phenacoccus perillustris, Phenacoccus perilustris, Phenacoccus polyphagus, Phenacoccus prunicola, Phenacoccus socius, Phenococcus aceris, Pseudococcus aceris, Pseudococcus aesculi, Pseudococcus hederae, Pseudococcus mespili, Pseudococcus platani, Pseudococcus quercus, Pseudococcus socius, Pseudococcus ulicis, Pseudococcus ulmi, Spinococcus gorgasalicus, Spinococcus gorgosalicus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Maple leaf mealybugEnglish
  • Polyphagous tree mealybugEnglish
  • červec javorovýCzech
  • ÆbleuldlusDanish
  • cochinilla harinosa del arceSpanish
  • Cochenille du pommier ou du plataneFrench
  • 긴솜깍지벌레붙이Korean
  • EsdoornwolluisDutch
  • Мучнистый червец кленовыйRussian
  • červec klenovýSlovak
  • cochinilla harinosa de la manzanaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the apple mealybug

Other species in the same genus Phenacoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the apple mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the apple mealybug for 37 countries, including Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria and China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the apple mealybug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the apple mealybug as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the apple mealybug?

The apple mealybug (Phenacoccus aceris) 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). Apple mealybug (Phenacoccus aceris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/apple-mealybug

MLA

“Apple mealybug (Phenacoccus aceris).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/apple-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{apple_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Apple mealybug (Phenacoccus aceris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/apple-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}