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Trochanter mealybug

Pseudococcus sorghiellus (Forbes, 1885)

Status not recordedinsects

The trochanter mealybug (Pseudococcus sorghiellus) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Argentina, Georgia and Mexico.

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Quick facts about the trochanter 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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the trochanter 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 trochanter mealybug is listed for 3 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Georgia
  3. Mexico

Is the trochanter 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 trochanter mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPseudococcus
  7. SpeciesPseudococcus sorghiellus (Forbes, 1885)

Synonyms Coccus sorghiellus, Dactylopius sorghiellus, Erium sorghiellus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the trochanter mealybug

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 the trochanter mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the trochanter mealybug for 3 countries: Argentina, Georgia and Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the trochanter mealybug?

The trochanter mealybug (Pseudococcus sorghiellus) 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). Trochanter mealybug (Pseudococcus sorghiellus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/trochanter-mealybug

MLA

“Trochanter mealybug (Pseudococcus sorghiellus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/trochanter-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{trochanter_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Trochanter mealybug (Pseudococcus sorghiellus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/trochanter-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}