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Kenya mealybug

Planococcus kenyae (Le Pelley, 1935)

Status not recordedinsects

The kenya mealybug (Planococcus kenyae) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 18 countries, including Benin, Burundi and Central African Republic.

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Quick facts about the kenya 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
18 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the kenya 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 kenya mealybug is listed for 18 countries.

TanzaniaDem. Rep. CongoKenyaSudanZimbabweBeninNigeriaTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireSierra LeoneCentral African Rep.CongoMalawiBurundiUgandaRwanda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Benin
  2. Burundi
  3. Central African Republic
  4. Congo - Brazzaville
  5. Congo - Kinshasa
  6. Côte d’Ivoire
  7. Ghana
  8. Kenya
  9. Malawi
  10. Mauritius
  11. Nigeria
  12. Rwanda
  13. Sierra Leone
  14. Sudan
  15. Tanzania
  16. Togo
  17. Uganda
  18. Zimbabwe

Is the kenya 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 kenya mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPlanococcus
  7. SpeciesPlanococcus kenyae (Le Pelley, 1935)

Synonyms Planococcus subukiaensis, Pseudococcus citri subsp. congoensis, Pseudococcus kenyae, Pseudococcus kenyaensis

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Coffee mealybugEnglish
  • Afrikanische Kaffee-SchmierlausGerman
  • cochinilla harinosa de KeniaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the kenya mealybug

Other species in the same genus Planococcus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the kenya mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the kenya mealybug for 18 countries, including Benin, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo - Brazzaville and Congo - Kinshasa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the kenya mealybug?

The kenya mealybug (Planococcus kenyae) 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). Kenya mealybug (Planococcus kenyae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/kenya-mealybug

MLA

“Kenya mealybug (Planococcus kenyae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/kenya-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{kenya_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Kenya mealybug (Planococcus kenyae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kenya-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}