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Gray sugarcane mealybug

Dysmicoccus boninsis (Kuwana, 1909)

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The gray sugarcane mealybug (Dysmicoccus boninsis) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 46 countries, including Afghanistan, Bahamas and Barbados.

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Quick facts about the gray sugarcane 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
46 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the gray sugarcane 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 gray sugarcane mealybug is listed for 46 countries.

FijiHaitiDominican Rep.BahamasSouth AfricaMexicoColombiaPanamaVenezuelaSurinameEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaCôte d'IvoireMozambiqueIndiaAfghanistanIranSpainNew CaledoniaNew ZealandSri LankaChinaTaiwanGeorgiaMalaysiaJapanEgypt
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The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Bahamas
  3. Barbados
  4. Bermuda
  5. Cape Verde
  6. China
  7. Colombia
  8. Côte d’Ivoire
  9. Cuba
  10. Dominica
  11. Dominican Republic
  12. Ecuador
  13. Egypt
  14. Fiji
  15. Georgia
  16. Grenada
  17. Guadeloupe
  18. Guam
  19. Haiti
  20. India
  21. Iran
  22. Jamaica
  23. Japan
  24. Malaysia
  25. Martinique
  26. Mexico
  27. Montserrat
  28. Mozambique
  29. New Caledonia
  30. New Zealand
  31. Niue
  32. Northern Mariana Islands
  33. Palau
  34. Panama
  35. Puerto Rico
  36. Samoa
  37. Singapore
  38. South Africa
  39. Spain
  40. Sri Lanka
Show 6 more countries
  1. Suriname
  2. Taiwan
  3. Tonga
  4. Tuvalu
  5. U.S. Virgin Islands
  6. Venezuela

Is the gray sugarcane 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 gray sugarcane mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusDysmicoccus
  7. SpeciesDysmicoccus boninsis (Kuwana, 1909)

Synonyms Dactylopius boninsis, Dysmicoccus boniansis, Dysmicoccus merrilli, Erium boninense, Erium boninensis, Erium taiwanus, Pseudococcus aegyptiacus, Pseudococcus boninensis, Pseudococcus boninsis, Pseudococcus heterospinus, Pseudococcus zeae, Quadraspidiotus aegyptiacus, Trionymus boninsis, Trionymus kayashimai, Trionymus merrilli, Trionymus taiwanus, Vryburgia graminea

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • بق القصب الرمادى الدقيقىArabic
  • piojo grisSpanish
  • ogasawara-kona-kaigaramushiroot
  • 灰白粉蚧Chinese
  • Cochinilla de la caña de azúcarSpanish
  • piojo harinoso gris de la caña de azúcarSpanish
  • 甘蔗嫡粉介殼蟲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gray sugarcane mealybug

Other species in the same genus Dysmicoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the gray sugarcane mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the gray sugarcane mealybug for 46 countries, including Afghanistan, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda and Cape Verde. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the gray sugarcane mealybug?

The gray sugarcane mealybug (Dysmicoccus boninsis) belongs to the family Pseudococcidae 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gray sugarcane mealybug (Dysmicoccus boninsis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gray-sugarcane-mealybug

MLA

“Gray sugarcane mealybug (Dysmicoccus boninsis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gray-sugarcane-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{gray_sugarcane_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Gray sugarcane mealybug (Dysmicoccus boninsis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gray-sugarcane-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}