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.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- Algeria
- Angola
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Colombia
- Congo - Brazzaville
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Eswatini
- France
- French Guiana
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Italy
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- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Martinique
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Rwanda
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Spain
- St. Lucia
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- 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.
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?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyPseudococcidae
- genusPhenacoccus
- 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
Relatives of the madeira mealybug
Other species in the same genus Phenacoccus.
Cotton mealybug
Phenacoccus solenopsis
Solanum mealybug
Phenacoccus solani
Cassava mealybug
Phenacoccus manihoti
Maple mealybug
Phenacoccus acericola
Apple mealybug
Phenacoccus aceris
Herren's cassava mealybug
Phenacoccus herreni
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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.
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