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Oat mealybug

Phenacoccus avenae Borchsenius, 1949

Status not recordedinsects

The oat mealybug (Phenacoccus avenae) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 8 countries, including Armenia, Croatia and Hungary.

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Quick facts about the oat 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
8 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the oat 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 oat mealybug is listed for 8 countries.

IsraelArmeniaHungaryRomaniaTurkeyCroatiaNetherlandsItaly
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Armenia
  2. Croatia
  3. Hungary
  4. Israel
  5. Italy
  6. Netherlands
  7. Romania
  8. Türkiye

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the oat 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 oat mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus avenae Borchsenius, 1949

Synonyms Caulococcus avenae, Phenacoccus balachowskyi

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • HaverwolluisDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the oat mealybug

Other species in the same genus Phenacoccus.

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Common questions

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Where does the oat mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the oat mealybug for 8 countries, including Armenia, Croatia, Hungary, Israel and Italy. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the oat mealybug?

The oat mealybug (Phenacoccus avenae) 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). Oat mealybug (Phenacoccus avenae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oat-mealybug

MLA

“Oat mealybug (Phenacoccus avenae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oat-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{oat_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Oat mealybug (Phenacoccus avenae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oat-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}