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Madeira mealybug

Phenacoccus madeirensis Green, 1923

Status not recordedinsects

The madeira mealybug (Phenacoccus madeirensis) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 80 countries, including Algeria, Angola and Bahamas.

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Quick facts about the madeira 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
80 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the madeira 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 madeira mealybug is listed for 80 countries.

Dem. Rep. CongoKenyaHaitiDominican Rep.BahamasMexicoUruguayBrazilBoliviaPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaGuatemalaVenezuelaGuyanaFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweSenegalBeninNigeriaCameroonTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireLiberiaSierra LeoneCongoGabonMalawiMozambiqueeSwatiniAngolaGambiaTunisiaAlgeriaJordanCambodiaThailandVietnamPakistanGermanyGreeceTurkeyCroatiaNetherlandsPortugalSpainTaiwanItalyPhilippinesJapanParaguayYemenCyprusMoroccoEgyptRwanda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Algeria
  2. Angola
  3. Bahamas
  4. Barbados
  5. Benin
  6. Bermuda
  7. Bolivia
  8. Brazil
  9. Cambodia
  10. Cameroon
  11. Cape Verde
  12. Cayman Islands
  13. Colombia
  14. Congo - Brazzaville
  15. Congo - Kinshasa
  16. Costa Rica
  17. Côte d’Ivoire
  18. Croatia
  19. Cuba
  20. Cyprus
  21. Dominica
  22. Dominican Republic
  23. Ecuador
  24. Egypt
  25. Eswatini
  26. France
  27. French Guiana
  28. Gabon
  29. Gambia
  30. Germany
  31. Ghana
  32. Greece
  33. Grenada
  34. Guadeloupe
  35. Guam
  36. Guatemala
  37. Guyana
  38. Haiti
  39. Hong Kong SAR China
  40. Italy
Show 40 more countries
  1. Jamaica
  2. Japan
  3. Jordan
  4. Kenya
  5. Liberia
  6. Malawi
  7. Martinique
  8. Mauritius
  9. Mexico
  10. Micronesia
  11. Montserrat
  12. Morocco
  13. Mozambique
  14. Netherlands
  15. Nigeria
  16. Pakistan
  17. Panama
  18. Paraguay
  19. Peru
  20. Philippines
  21. Portugal
  22. Puerto Rico
  23. Rwanda
  24. São Tomé & Príncipe
  25. Senegal
  26. Seychelles
  27. Sierra Leone
  28. Spain
  29. St. Lucia
  30. Taiwan
  31. Thailand
  32. Togo
  33. Tunisia
  34. Türkiye
  35. U.S. Virgin Islands
  36. Uruguay
  37. Venezuela
  38. Vietnam
  39. Yemen
  40. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the madeira mealybug as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Cyprus
  2. France
  3. Japan
  4. South Africa
  5. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the madeira 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 madeira mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus madeirensis Green, 1923

Synonyms Acanthococcus madeirensis, Phenacoccus grenadensis, Phenacoccus harbisoni, Phenacoccus madeiriensis, Phenacocus madeirensis, Phenococcus madeirensis, Pseudococcus madeirensis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Cochinilla harinosa de MadeiraSpanish
  • madeira-kona-kaigaramushiroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the madeira mealybug

Other species in the same genus Phenacoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the madeira mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the madeira mealybug for 80 countries, including Algeria, Angola, Bahamas, Barbados and Benin. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the madeira mealybug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the madeira mealybug as introduced in 5 countries: Cyprus, France, Japan, South Africa and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the madeira mealybug?

The madeira mealybug (Phenacoccus madeirensis) belongs to the family Pseudococcidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Madeira mealybug (Phenacoccus madeirensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/madeira-mealybug

MLA

“Madeira mealybug (Phenacoccus madeirensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/madeira-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{madeira_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Madeira mealybug (Phenacoccus madeirensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/madeira-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}