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Coffee root mealybug

Geococcus coffeae Green, 1933

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The coffee root mealybug (Geococcus coffeae) is a species in the family Rhizoecidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 52 countries, including Angola, Australia and Brazil.

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Quick facts about the coffee root 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
52 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the coffee root 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 coffee root mealybug is listed for 52 countries.

FijiTanzaniaPapua New GuineaIndonesiaChileKenyaHaitiDominican Rep.MexicoBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaSurinameFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoCubaNigeriaGhanaAngolaMadagascarTunisiaVanuatuThailandVietnamIndiaGermanyTurkeyNetherlandsNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.New ZealandAustraliaSri LankaChinaDenmarkPhilippinesMalaysiaUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Angola
  2. Australia
  3. Brazil
  4. Chile
  5. China
  6. Colombia
  7. Comoros
  8. Costa Rica
  9. Cuba
  10. Denmark
  11. Dominican Republic
  12. Ecuador
  13. El Salvador
  14. Fiji
  15. France
  16. Germany
  17. Ghana
  18. Guadeloupe
  19. Guatemala
  20. Haiti
  21. Honduras
  22. India
  23. Indonesia
  24. Kenya
  25. Madagascar
  26. Malaysia
  27. Maldives
  28. Martinique
  29. Mexico
  30. Netherlands
  31. New Caledonia
  32. New Zealand
  33. Nigeria
  34. Palau
  35. Panama
  36. Papua New Guinea
  37. Peru
  38. Philippines
  39. Puerto Rico
  40. Seychelles
Show 12 more countries
  1. Solomon Islands
  2. Sri Lanka
  3. St. Lucia
  4. Suriname
  5. Tanzania
  6. Thailand
  7. Tunisia
  8. Türkiye
  9. U.S. Virgin Islands
  10. Uganda
  11. Vanuatu
  12. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the coffee root mealybug as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Denmark
  2. Ecuador
  3. France

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 coffee root 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 coffee root mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyRhizoecidae
  6. genusGeococcus
  7. SpeciesGeococcus coffeae Green, 1933
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Cochinilla de la raíz del caféSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the coffee root mealybug

Other species in the same genus Geococcus.

CompareCoffee root mealybug vs Associated root mealybugCoffee root mealybug vs Geococcus anthocomusCoffee root mealybug vs Geococcus baloghiCoffee root mealybug vs Geococcus citrinus

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the coffee root mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the coffee root mealybug for 52 countries, including Angola, Australia, Brazil, Chile and China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the coffee root mealybug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the coffee root mealybug as introduced in 3 countries: Denmark, Ecuador and France, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the coffee root mealybug?

The coffee root mealybug (Geococcus coffeae) belongs to the family Rhizoecidae 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). Coffee root mealybug (Geococcus coffeae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/coffee-root-mealybug

MLA

“Coffee root mealybug (Geococcus coffeae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/coffee-root-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{coffee_root_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Coffee root mealybug (Geococcus coffeae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coffee-root-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}