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Cassava mealybug

Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero, 1977

Status not recordedinsects

The cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 44 countries, including Angola, Benin and Bolivia.

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Quick facts about the cassava 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
44 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the cassava 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 cassava mealybug is listed for 44 countries.

TanzaniaDem. Rep. CongoKenyaSudanSouth AfricaBrazilBoliviaColombiaGuyanaZimbabweSenegalMaliBeninNigerNigeriaCameroonTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaSierra LeoneCentral African Rep.CongoEq. GuineaZambiaMalawiMozambiqueAngolaBurundiMadagascarGambiaCambodiaThailandMyanmarVietnamChinaPhilippinesMalaysiaParaguayUgandaRwanda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Angola
  2. Benin
  3. Bolivia
  4. Brazil
  5. Burundi
  6. Cambodia
  7. Cameroon
  8. Central African Republic
  9. China
  10. Colombia
  11. Congo - Brazzaville
  12. Congo - Kinshasa
  13. Côte d’Ivoire
  14. Equatorial Guinea
  15. French Guiana
  16. Gambia
  17. Ghana
  18. Guinea
  19. Guinea-Bissau
  20. Guyana
  21. Kenya
  22. Liberia
  23. Madagascar
  24. Malawi
  25. Malaysia
  26. Mali
  27. Mozambique
  28. Myanmar (Burma)
  29. Niger
  30. Nigeria
  31. Paraguay
  32. Philippines
  33. Rwanda
  34. Senegal
  35. Sierra Leone
  36. South Africa
  37. Sudan
  38. Tanzania
  39. Thailand
  40. Togo
Show 4 more countries
  1. Uganda
  2. Vietnam
  3. Zambia
  4. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cassava mealybug as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Kenyainvasive
  2. Ugandainvasive
  3. Cambodia

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 cassava 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 cassava mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero, 1977

Synonyms Phenaccocus manihoti

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • maniok-schmierlausGerman
  • Chinche harinosa de la yucaSpanish
  • cochonilha da mandiocaPortuguese
  • kyassaba-kona-kaigaramushiroot
  • 木薯粉介殼蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cassava 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 cassava mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the cassava mealybug for 44 countries, including Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil and Burundi. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the cassava mealybug an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the cassava mealybug as invasive in 2 countries: Kenya and Uganda. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the cassava mealybug?

The cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti) 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). Cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cassava-mealybug

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“Cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cassava-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{cassava_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Cassava mealybug (Phenacoccus manihoti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cassava-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}