Citriculus 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

39 countriessrc for Countries on record

The citriculus mealybug is listed for 39 countries.

The same countries as a list

1. Afghanistan
2. American Samoa
3. Argentina
4. Bangladesh
5. Bhutan
6. Brazil
7. Brunei
8. Cambodia
9. China
10. Costa Rica
11. El Salvador
12. Guadeloupe
13. Hong Kong SAR China
14. India
15. Indonesia
16. Iran
17. Israel
18. Japan
19. Kenya
20. Malaysia
21. Maldives
22. Mauritius
23. Nepal
24. Palau
25. Paraguay
26. Philippines
27. Samoa
28. Singapore
29. South Korea
30. Spain
31. Sri Lanka
32. St. Lucia
33. Syria
34. Taiwan
35. Thailand
36. Türkiye
37. U.S. Virgin Islands
38. Uruguay
39. Vietnam

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderHemiptera
5. familyPseudococcidae
6. genusPseudococcus
7. SpeciesPseudococcus cryptus Hempel, 1918

Synonyms Dysmicoccus cryptus, Planococcus cryptus, Pseudococcus citriculus, Pseudococcus mandarinus, Pseudococcus spathoglottidis, Pseudococus citricutus

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{citriculus_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Citriculus mealybug (Pseudococcus cryptus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/citriculus-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}