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Phenacoccus hystrix

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Phenacoccus hystrix is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Germany and Spain.

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Quick facts about Phenacoccus hystrix

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Phenacoccus hystrix 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 hystrix is listed for 2 countries.

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

  1. Germany
  2. Spain

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Phenacoccus hystrix 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 hystrix classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus hystrix (Bärensprung, 1849)

Synonyms Coccus hystrix, Phaenacoccus histrix, Phenacoccus hystrix, Phenacoccus hyxtrix

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phenacoccus hystrix

Other species in the same genus Phenacoccus.

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Common questions

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Where does Phenacoccus hystrix live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Phenacoccus hystrix for 2 countries: Germany and Spain. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Phenacoccus hystrix?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{phenacoccus_hystrix_2026,
  title = {Phenacoccus hystrix (Phenacoccus hystrix)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phenacoccus-hystrix},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}