Citrus 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

150 countriessrc for Countries on record

The citrus mealybug is listed for 150 countries.

The same countries as a list

1. Afghanistan
2. Algeria
3. Angola
4. Argentina
5. Armenia
6. Austria
7. Azerbaijan
8. Bahamas
9. Bangladesh
10. Barbados
11. Belgium
12. Benin
13. Bermuda
14. Brazil
15. Brunei
16. Bulgaria
17. Burkina Faso
18. Burundi
19. Cambodia
20. Cameroon
21. Cape Verde
22. Cayman Islands
23. Chad
24. Chile
25. China
26. Colombia
27. Comoros
28. Congo - Brazzaville
29. Congo - Kinshasa
30. Cook Islands
31. Costa Rica
32. Côte d’Ivoire
33. Croatia
34. Cuba
35. Cyprus
36. Czechia
37. Dominica
38. Dominican Republic
39. Ecuador
40. Egypt

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderHemiptera
5. familyPseudococcidae
6. genusPlanococcus
7. SpeciesPlanococcus citri (Risso, 1813)

Synonyms Coccus citry, Coccus tuliparum, Dactylopius achado, Dactylopius alaterni, Dactylopius brevispinus, Dactylopius ceratoniae, Dactylopius citri, Dactylopius cyperi, Dactylopius destructor, Dactylopius robiniae, Dactylopius secretus, Dactylopius tuliparum, Dortesia citri, Dorthesia citri, Lecanium phyllococcus, Phenacoccus spiniferus, Phenacoccus spiriferus, Planacoccus citri, Planoccocus citri risso, Planococcoides cubanensis, Planococcus citi, Planococcus citricus, Planococcus cucurbitae, Pseudococcus alaterni, Pseudococcus ceratoniae, Pseudococcus citri, Pseudococcus citri subsp. coleorum, Pseudococcus citri subsp. phenacocciformis, Pseudococcus cyperi, Pseudococcus robiniae, Pseudococcus tuliparum

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{planococcus_citri_2026,
  title = {Citrus mealybug (Planococcus citri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/planococcus-citri},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}