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Juniper mealybug

Paracoccus juniperi (Ehrhorn, 1906)

Status not recordedinsects

The juniper mealybug (Paracoccus juniperi) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.

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Quick facts about the juniper 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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the juniper 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 juniper mealybug is listed for 1 country.

Mexico
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the juniper 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 juniper mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusParacoccus
  7. SpeciesParacoccus juniperi (Ehrhorn, 1906)

Synonyms Pseudococcus iuniperi, Pseudococcus juniperi, Spilococcus juniperi

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the juniper mealybug

Other species in the same genus Paracoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the juniper mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the juniper mealybug for 1 country: Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the juniper mealybug?

The juniper mealybug (Paracoccus juniperi) 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). Juniper mealybug (Paracoccus juniperi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/paracoccus-juniperi

MLA

“Juniper mealybug (Paracoccus juniperi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/paracoccus-juniperi.

BibTeX
@misc{paracoccus_juniperi_2026,
  title = {Juniper mealybug (Paracoccus juniperi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/paracoccus-juniperi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}