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Striped mealybug

Ferrisia malvastra McDaniel, 1962

Status not recordedinsects

The striped mealybug (Ferrisia malvastra) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 23 countries, including Argentina, Bahamas and Bermuda.

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Quick facts about the striped 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
23 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the striped 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 striped mealybug is listed for 23 countries.

Papua New GuineaArgentinaKenyaBahamasSouth AfricaMexicoPeruVenezuelaJamaicaCubaeSwatiniIsraelVanuatuMyanmarIndiaSpainNew CaledoniaSri Lanka
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Bahamas
  3. Bermuda
  4. Cook Islands
  5. Cuba
  6. Eswatini
  7. India
  8. Israel
  9. Jamaica
  10. Kenya
  11. Kiribati
  12. Mexico
  13. Myanmar (Burma)
  14. New Caledonia
  15. Papua New Guinea
  16. Peru
  17. South Africa
  18. Spain
  19. Sri Lanka
  20. Tonga
  21. Tuvalu
  22. Vanuatu
  23. Venezuela

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the striped mealybug as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canary Islands
  2. United States

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 striped 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 striped mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusFerrisia
  7. SpeciesFerrisia malvastra McDaniel, 1962

Synonyms Ferrisia consobrina, Ferrisia virgata, Heliococcus malvastrus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the striped mealybug

Other species in the same genus Ferrisia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the striped mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the striped mealybug for 23 countries, including Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cook Islands and Cuba. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the striped mealybug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the striped mealybug as introduced in 2 countries: Canary Islands and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the striped mealybug?

The striped mealybug (Ferrisia malvastra) 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). Striped mealybug (Ferrisia malvastra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/striped-mealybug

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BibTeX
@misc{striped_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Striped mealybug (Ferrisia malvastra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/striped-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}