Long tailed 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

113 countriessrc for Countries on record

The long tailed mealybug is listed for 113 countries.

The same countries as a list

1. Afghanistan
2. Algeria
3. Armenia
4. Austria
5. Azerbaijan
6. Bahamas
7. Barbados
8. Belgium
9. Bermuda
10. Brunei
11. Bulgaria
12. Burkina Faso
13. Cameroon
14. Cape Verde
15. Chile
16. China
17. Christmas Island
18. Colombia
19. Comoros
20. Congo - Kinshasa
21. Cook Islands
22. Costa Rica
23. Côte d’Ivoire
24. Croatia
25. Cuba
26. Czechia
27. Denmark
28. Dominica
29. Dominican Republic
30. Ecuador
31. Egypt
32. Estonia
33. Fiji
34. Finland
35. France
36. French Polynesia
37. Georgia
38. Germany
39. Ghana
40. Greece

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderHemiptera
5. familyPseudococcidae
6. genusPseudococcus
7. SpeciesPseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti, 1867)

Synonyms Coccus avenidum, Coccus laurinus, Dactylopius hoyae, Dactylopius longifilis, Dactylopius longispinous, Dactylopius longispinus, Dactylopius pteridis, Pediculus coffeae, Planococcus longispinus, Pseudoccocus longispinus, Psuedococcus longispinus

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{long_tailed_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Long tailed mealybug (Pseudococcus longispinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}