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Hambleton mealybug

Pseudococcus sociabilis Hambleton, 1935

Status not recordedinsects

The hambleton mealybug (Pseudococcus sociabilis) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Colombia, Peru and Uruguay.

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Quick facts about the hambleton 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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the hambleton 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 hambleton mealybug is listed for 3 countries.

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

  1. Colombia
  2. Peru
  3. Uruguay

Is the hambleton 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 hambleton mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPseudococcus
  7. SpeciesPseudococcus sociabilis Hambleton, 1935

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the hambleton mealybug

Other species in the same genus Pseudococcus.

Cape mealybug

Pseudococcus viburni

PseudococcidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the hambleton mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the hambleton mealybug for 3 countries: Colombia, Peru and Uruguay. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the hambleton mealybug?

The hambleton mealybug (Pseudococcus sociabilis) 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). Hambleton mealybug (Pseudococcus sociabilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hambleton-mealybug

MLA

“Hambleton mealybug (Pseudococcus sociabilis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hambleton-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{hambleton_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Hambleton mealybug (Pseudococcus sociabilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hambleton-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}