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Eremicus mealybug

Phenacoccus eremicus Ferris, 1950

Status not recordedinsects

The eremicus mealybug (Phenacoccus eremicus) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.

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Quick facts about the eremicus 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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the eremicus 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 eremicus mealybug is listed for 1 country.

Mexico
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the eremicus 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 eremicus mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus eremicus Ferris, 1950

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the eremicus 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 eremicus mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the eremicus mealybug for 1 country: Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the eremicus mealybug?

The eremicus mealybug (Phenacoccus eremicus) 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). Eremicus mealybug (Phenacoccus eremicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eremicus-mealybug

MLA

“Eremicus mealybug (Phenacoccus eremicus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/eremicus-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{eremicus_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Eremicus mealybug (Phenacoccus eremicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eremicus-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}