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Pseudococcus simplex

Status not recordedinsects

Pseudococcus simplex is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Jamaica.

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Quick facts about Pseudococcus simplex

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 Pseudococcus simplex 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.

Pseudococcus simplex is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Jamaica

Is Pseudococcus simplex 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 Pseudococcus simplex classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPseudococcus
  7. SpeciesPseudococcus simplex (Cockerell, 1893)

Synonyms Dactylopius simplex

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pseudococcus simplex

Other species in the same genus Pseudococcus.

Cape mealybug

Pseudococcus viburni

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pseudococcus simplex live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pseudococcus simplex for 1 country: Jamaica. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pseudococcus simplex?

Pseudococcus simplex (Pseudococcus simplex) belongs to the family Pseudococcidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pseudococcus simplex (Pseudococcus simplex). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pseudococcus-simplex

MLA

“Pseudococcus simplex (Pseudococcus simplex).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pseudococcus-simplex.

BibTeX
@misc{pseudococcus_simplex_2026,
  title = {Pseudococcus simplex (Pseudococcus simplex)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pseudococcus-simplex},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}