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Sugarbush mealybug

Phenacoccus stelli (Brain, 1915)

Status not recordedinsects

The sugarbush mealybug (Phenacoccus stelli) 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 the sugarbush 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 sugarbush 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 sugarbush mealybug 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 the sugarbush 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 sugarbush mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus stelli (Brain, 1915)

Synonyms Pseudococcus stelli, Pseudococcus stelli subsp. tylococciformis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sugarbush 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 sugarbush mealybug live?

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

What kind of animal is the sugarbush mealybug?

The sugarbush mealybug (Phenacoccus stelli) 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). Sugarbush mealybug (Phenacoccus stelli). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phenacoccus-stelli

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{phenacoccus_stelli_2026,
  title = {Sugarbush mealybug (Phenacoccus stelli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phenacoccus-stelli},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}