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Pandanus mealybug

Laminicoccus pandani (Cockerell, 1895)

Status not recordedinsects

The pandanus mealybug (Laminicoccus pandani) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 10 countries, including Cook Islands, Fiji and Kiribati.

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Quick facts about the pandanus 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
10 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the pandanus 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 pandanus mealybug is listed for 10 countries.

FijiSolomon Is.
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Cook Islands
  2. Fiji
  3. Kiribati
  4. Marshall Islands
  5. Nauru
  6. Niue
  7. Samoa
  8. Solomon Islands
  9. Tonga
  10. Tuvalu

Is the pandanus 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 pandanus mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusLaminicoccus
  7. SpeciesLaminicoccus pandani (Cockerell, 1895)

Synonyms Dactylopius pandani, Pseudococcus carolinensis, Pseudococcus giffardi, Pseudococcus pandani, Tylococcus giffardi

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pandanus mealybug

Other species in the same genus Laminicoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the pandanus mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the pandanus mealybug for 10 countries, including Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Nauru. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the pandanus mealybug?

The pandanus mealybug (Laminicoccus pandani) 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). Pandanus mealybug (Laminicoccus pandani). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pandanus-mealybug

MLA

“Pandanus mealybug (Laminicoccus pandani).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pandanus-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{pandanus_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Pandanus mealybug (Laminicoccus pandani)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pandanus-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}