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Taxus mealybug

Dysmicoccus wistariae (Green, 1923)

Status not recordedinsects

The taxus mealybug (Dysmicoccus wistariae) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including China, Japan and Poland.

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Quick facts about the taxus 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
4 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the taxus 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 taxus mealybug is listed for 4 countries.

South KoreaPolandChinaJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. Poland
  4. South Korea

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the taxus 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 taxus mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusDysmicoccus
  7. SpeciesDysmicoccus wistariae (Green, 1923)

Synonyms Dysmicoccus cuspidatae, Dysmicoccus piricola, Paraputo wistariae, Pseudococcus cuspidatae, Pseudococcus matsudoensis, Pseudococcus piricola, Pseudococcus wistariae

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • 등나무가루깍지벌레Korean
  • Дальневосточный червецRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the taxus 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 taxus mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the taxus mealybug for 4 countries: China, Japan, Poland and South Korea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the taxus mealybug?

The taxus mealybug (Dysmicoccus wistariae) 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). Taxus mealybug (Dysmicoccus wistariae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/taxus-mealybug

MLA

“Taxus mealybug (Dysmicoccus wistariae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/taxus-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{taxus_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Taxus mealybug (Dysmicoccus wistariae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/taxus-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}