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Short-digitule mealybug

Dysmicoccus brachydactylus Miller & McKenzie, 1971

Status not recordedinsects

The short-digitule mealybug (Dysmicoccus brachydactylus) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Chile.

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Quick facts about the short-digitule 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 short-digitule 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 short-digitule mealybug is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Chile

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the short-digitule 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 short-digitule mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusDysmicoccus
  7. SpeciesDysmicoccus brachydactylus Miller & McKenzie, 1971

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the short-digitule mealybug

Other species in the same genus Dysmicoccus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the short-digitule mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the short-digitule mealybug for 1 country: Chile. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the short-digitule mealybug?

The short-digitule mealybug (Dysmicoccus brachydactylus) 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). Short-digitule mealybug (Dysmicoccus brachydactylus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-digitule-mealybug

MLA

“Short-digitule mealybug (Dysmicoccus brachydactylus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-digitule-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{short_digitule_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Short-digitule mealybug (Dysmicoccus brachydactylus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-digitule-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}