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Dwarf mealybug

Phenacoccus pumilus Kiritchenko, 1936

Status not recordedinsects

The dwarf mealybug (Phenacoccus pumilus) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 16 countries, including Armenia, Bulgaria and France.

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Quick facts about the dwarf 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
16 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the dwarf 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 dwarf mealybug is listed for 16 countries.

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

  1. Armenia
  2. Bulgaria
  3. France
  4. Georgia
  5. Greece
  6. Hungary
  7. Iran
  8. Kazakhstan
  9. Mongolia
  10. Morocco
  11. Romania
  12. Tajikistan
  13. Türkiye
  14. Turkmenistan
  15. Ukraine
  16. Uzbekistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dwarf mealybug as introduced in 1 country.

  1. 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 dwarf 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 dwarf mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus pumilus Kiritchenko, 1936

Synonyms Phenacoccus eurotiae, Phenacoccus latus, Phenacoccus pseudopumilus, Phenacoccus pumilus, Phenacoccus rehacekii

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dwarf 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 dwarf mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dwarf mealybug for 16 countries, including Armenia, Bulgaria, France, Georgia and Greece. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the dwarf mealybug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dwarf mealybug as introduced in 1 country: France, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the dwarf mealybug?

The dwarf mealybug (Phenacoccus pumilus) 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). Dwarf mealybug (Phenacoccus pumilus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dwarf-mealybug

MLA

“Dwarf mealybug (Phenacoccus pumilus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dwarf-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{dwarf_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Dwarf mealybug (Phenacoccus pumilus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dwarf-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}