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Barley mealybug

Phenacoccus hordei (Lindeman, 1886)

Status not recordedinsects

The barley mealybug (Phenacoccus hordei) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 15 countries, including Armenia, Finland and France.

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Quick facts about the barley 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
15 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the barley 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 barley mealybug is listed for 15 countries.

KazakhstanFranceIranArmeniaSwedenUkrainePolandHungaryMoldovaGermanyGreeceTurkeyNetherlandsItalyFinland
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Armenia
  2. Finland
  3. France
  4. Germany
  5. Greece
  6. Hungary
  7. Iran
  8. Italy
  9. Kazakhstan
  10. Moldova
  11. Netherlands
  12. Poland
  13. Sweden
  14. Türkiye
  15. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the barley 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 barley mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus hordei (Lindeman, 1886)

Synonyms Caulococcus hordei, Erium hordei, Phenacoccus aventianae, Phenacoccus avetianae, Phenacoccus cholodkovskyi, Planococcus graminis, Pseudococcus graminis, Trionymus hordei, Westwoodia hordei

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Мучнистый червец ячменныйRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the barley 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 barley mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the barley mealybug for 15 countries, including Armenia, Finland, France, Germany and Greece. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the barley mealybug?

The barley mealybug (Phenacoccus hordei) 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). Barley mealybug (Phenacoccus hordei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/barley-mealybug

MLA

“Barley mealybug (Phenacoccus hordei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/barley-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{barley_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Barley mealybug (Phenacoccus hordei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/barley-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}