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Solanum mealybug

Phenacoccus solani Ferris, 1918

Status not recordedinsects

The solanum mealybug (Phenacoccus solani) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 42 countries, including American Samoa, Australia and Brazil.

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Quick facts about the solanum 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
42 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the solanum 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 solanum mealybug is listed for 42 countries.

IndonesiaKenyaSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilPeruColombiaGuatemalaVenezuelaGuyanaFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoCubaZimbabweIsraelThailandMyanmarVietnamSouth KoreaIndiaIranGermanyTurkeyNetherlandsSpainAustraliaTaiwanItalyPhilippinesJapanEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. American Samoa
  2. Australia
  3. Brazil
  4. Cape Verde
  5. Colombia
  6. Cuba
  7. Curaçao
  8. Ecuador
  9. Egypt
  10. France
  11. French Guiana
  12. Germany
  13. Guadeloupe
  14. Guam
  15. Guatemala
  16. Guyana
  17. India
  18. Indonesia
  19. Iran
  20. Israel
  21. Italy
  22. Japan
  23. Kenya
  24. Kiribati
  25. Marshall Islands
  26. Mexico
  27. Myanmar (Burma)
  28. Netherlands
  29. Peru
  30. Philippines
  31. Puerto Rico
  32. Singapore
  33. South Africa
  34. South Korea
  35. Spain
  36. St. Lucia
  37. Taiwan
  38. Thailand
  39. Türkiye
  40. Venezuela
Show 2 more countries
  1. Vietnam
  2. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the solanum mealybug as introduced in 1 country.

  1. France

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the solanum 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 solanum mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPhenacoccus
  7. SpeciesPhenacoccus solani Ferris, 1918

Synonyms Phenacoccus defectus, Phenacoccus herbarum

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Imperfect mealybugEnglish
  • cochinilla harinosa de las solanáceasSpanish
  • קמחית הסולנייםHebrew
  • 노랑솜깍지벌레붙이Korean
  • nasu-kona-kaigaramusiroot
  • 石蒜綿粉介殼蟲Chinese
  • Cochinilla algodonosa de las solanáceasSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the solanum mealybug

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the solanum mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the solanum mealybug for 42 countries, including American Samoa, Australia, Brazil, Cape Verde and Colombia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the solanum mealybug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the solanum mealybug as introduced in 1 country: France, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the solanum mealybug?

The solanum mealybug (Phenacoccus solani) 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). Solanum mealybug (Phenacoccus solani). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/solanum-mealybug

MLA

“Solanum mealybug (Phenacoccus solani).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/solanum-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{solanum_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Solanum mealybug (Phenacoccus solani)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/solanum-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}