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Lando mealybug

Pseudococcus landoi (Balachowsky, 1959)

Status not recordedinsects

The lando mealybug (Pseudococcus landoi) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 12 countries, including Barbados, Brazil and Colombia.

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Quick facts about the lando 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
12 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the lando 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 lando mealybug is listed for 12 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Barbados
  2. Brazil
  3. Colombia
  4. Costa Rica
  5. Cuba
  6. Ecuador
  7. Guatemala
  8. Guyana
  9. Honduras
  10. Mexico
  11. Nicaragua
  12. Panama

Is the lando 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 lando mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPseudococcus
  7. SpeciesPseudococcus landoi (Balachowsky, 1959)

Synonyms Paracoccus landoi

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Cochinilla harinosa de LandoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lando 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 lando mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the lando mealybug for 12 countries, including Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Cuba. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the lando mealybug?

The lando mealybug (Pseudococcus landoi) 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). Lando mealybug (Pseudococcus landoi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lando-mealybug

MLA

“Lando mealybug (Pseudococcus landoi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lando-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{lando_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Lando mealybug (Pseudococcus landoi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lando-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}