Currant 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

26 countriessrc for Countries on record

The currant mealybug is listed for 26 countries.

The same countries as a list

1. Algeria
2. Argentina
3. Belgium
4. Brazil
5. Bulgaria
6. Chile
7. China
8. Colombia
9. Czechia
10. France
11. Georgia
12. Ghana
13. Greece
14. Italy
15. Madagascar
16. Mexico
17. Morocco
18. Namibia
19. Netherlands
20. New Zealand
21. Portugal
22. Slovenia
23. South Africa
24. Spain
25. Taiwan
26. Ukraine

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 calceolariae (Maskell, 1879)

Synonyms Dactylopius calceolariae, Dactylopius similans, Erium calceolariae, Pseudococcus citrophilus, Pseudococcus fragilis, Pseudococcus gahani, Pseudococcus similans

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{currant_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Currant mealybug (Pseudococcus calceolariae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/currant-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}