Floury Mothbug
Metcalfa pruinosa (Say, 1830)
Status not recordedinsects
The floury mothbug (Metcalfa pruinosa) is a species in the family Flatidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 30 countries, including Albania, Australia and Austria.
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Quick facts about the floury mothbug
- 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
- 30 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does the floury mothbug 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 floury mothbug is listed for 30 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the floury mothbug 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 floury mothbug classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyFlatidae
- genusMetcalfa
- SpeciesMetcalfa pruinosa (Say, 1830)
Synonyms Flata pruinosa
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- Citrus flatid planthopperEnglish
- Citrus planthopperEnglish
- voskovka zavlečenáCzech
- BläulingszikadeGerman
- Fulgore pruineuxFrench
- Amerikai lepkekabocaHungarian
- MetcalfaItalian
- ネズミハゴロモJapanese
- 미국선녀벌레Korean
- CitrusplooicicadeDutch
- Цикадка белаяRussian
- medeči škržatekSlovenian
- цикадка білаUkrainian
- Cicadelle pruineuseFrench
- amerikai lepkekabócaHungarian
Relatives of the floury mothbug
Other species in the same genus Metcalfa.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the floury mothbug live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the floury mothbug for 30 countries, including Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Bermuda. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the floury mothbug?
The floury mothbug (Metcalfa pruinosa) belongs to the family Flatidae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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