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Phenacoccus alienus

Status not recordedinsects

Phenacoccus alienus is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Phenacoccus alienus

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 Phenacoccus alienus 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.

Phenacoccus alienus is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Phenacoccus alienus 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 Phenacoccus alienus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus alienus De Lotto, 1961

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phenacoccus alienus

Other species in the same genus Phenacoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Phenacoccus alienus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Phenacoccus alienus for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Phenacoccus alienus?

Phenacoccus alienus (Phenacoccus alienus) 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). Phenacoccus alienus (Phenacoccus alienus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phenacoccus-alienus

MLA

“Phenacoccus alienus (Phenacoccus alienus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/phenacoccus-alienus.

BibTeX
@misc{phenacoccus_alienus_2026,
  title = {Phenacoccus alienus (Phenacoccus alienus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phenacoccus-alienus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}