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Vine mealybug

Planococcus ficus (Signoret, 1875)

Status not recordedinsects

The vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus) is a species in the family Pseudococcidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 38 countries, including Afghanistan, Argentina and Azerbaijan.

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Quick facts about the vine 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
38 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the vine 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 vine mealybug is listed for 38 countries.

ArgentinaChileHaitiDominican Rep.South AfricaUruguayBrazilPeruFranceIsraelLebanonTunisiaJordanIraqIndiaPakistanAfghanistanTurkmenistanIranSyriaBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaPortugalSpainItalyAzerbaijanGeorgiaSloveniaJapanYemenSaudi ArabiaCyprusEgyptLibya
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Argentina
  3. Azerbaijan
  4. Brazil
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Chile
  7. Croatia
  8. Cyprus
  9. Dominican Republic
  10. Egypt
  11. France
  12. Georgia
  13. Greece
  14. Haiti
  15. India
  16. Iran
  17. Iraq
  18. Israel
  19. Italy
  20. Japan
  21. Jordan
  22. Lebanon
  23. Libya
  24. Malta
  25. Mauritius
  26. Pakistan
  27. Peru
  28. Portugal
  29. Saudi Arabia
  30. Slovenia
  31. South Africa
  32. Spain
  33. Syria
  34. Tunisia
  35. Türkiye
  36. Turkmenistan
  37. Uruguay
  38. Yemen

Is the vine 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 vine mealybug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPseudococcidae
  6. genusPlanococcus
  7. SpeciesPlanococcus ficus (Signoret, 1875)

Synonyms Coccus vitis, Dactylopius ficus, Dactylopius subterraneus, Dactylopius vitis, lanococcus ficus, Planococcus vitis, Pseudococcus citrioides, Pseudococcus praetermissus, Pseudococcus vitis

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Grapevine mealybugEnglish
  • Mediterranean vine mealybugEnglish
  • Subterranean vine mealybugEnglish
  • بق العنب الدقيقىArabic
  • cotonet de la vidSpanish
  • la cochenille farineuse de la vigneFrench
  • cocciniglia farinosa della viteItalian
  • cochonilha algodeo da vinhaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the vine mealybug

Other species in the same genus Planococcus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the vine mealybug live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the vine mealybug for 38 countries, including Afghanistan, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the vine mealybug?

The vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus) 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). Vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/vine-mealybug

MLA

“Vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/vine-mealybug.

BibTeX
@misc{vine_mealybug_2026,
  title = {Vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vine-mealybug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}