Pseudococcus

Pseudococcus
	Pseudococcus longispinus, the long-tailed mealybug
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Pseudococcidae
Genus:	Pseudococcus; Westwood, 1840
Species
	150+, see text

Pseudococcus is a genus of unarmoured scale insects in the family Pseudococcidae, the mealy bugs. There are more than 150 species of Pseudococcus.^[3]

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Citrophilius mealybug Pseudococcus calceolariae
Pseudococcus viburni, female
Pseudococcus species on Maize roots

References

^ John Obadiah Westwood (1840). Synopsis of the genera of British Insects. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
^ "Pseudococcus Westwood, 1840". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
^ "Pseudococcus". The Encyclopedia of Life.

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[1] John Obadiah Westwood (1840). Synopsis of the genera of British Insects. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

[2] "Pseudococcus Westwood, 1840". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 8, 2011.

[3] "Pseudococcus". The Encyclopedia of Life.

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Pseudococcus

Pseudococcus longispinus, the long-tailed mealybug
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Pseudococcidae
Genus:	Pseudococcus Westwood, 1840^[1]^[2]
Species
150+, see text