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Spruce mealybug

Phenacoccus piceae (Löw, 1883)

Status not recordedinsects

The spruce mealybug (Phenacoccus piceae) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 23 countries, including Austria, Bulgaria and China.

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Quick facts about the spruce 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
23 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the spruce 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 spruce mealybug is listed for 23 countries.

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

  1. Austria
  2. Bulgaria
  3. China
  4. Croatia
  5. Czechia
  6. Estonia
  7. France
  8. Georgia
  9. Germany
  10. Hungary
  11. Italy
  12. Kazakhstan
  13. Latvia
  14. Lithuania
  15. Luxembourg
  16. Mongolia
  17. Poland
  18. Romania
  19. Slovenia
  20. Sweden
  21. Switzerland
  22. Türkiye
  23. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the spruce 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 spruce mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus piceae (Löw, 1883)

Synonyms Boisduvalia piceae, Oudablis piceae, Paroudables montanus, Paroudablis borchsenii, Paroudablis montanus, Paroudablis piceae, Peukinococcus piceae, Phenacoccus borchsenii, Phenacoccus maritimus, Phenacoccus montanus, Phenacoccus picaea, Phenacoccus piceae

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Червец еловыйRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spruce mealybug

Other species in the same genus Phenacoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the spruce mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the spruce mealybug for 23 countries, including Austria, Bulgaria, China, Croatia and Czechia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the spruce mealybug?

The spruce mealybug (Phenacoccus piceae) 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). Spruce mealybug (Phenacoccus piceae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phenacoccus-piceae

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{phenacoccus_piceae_2026,
  title = {Spruce mealybug (Phenacoccus piceae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phenacoccus-piceae},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}