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Pseudococcus
Pseudococcus longispinus, the long-tailed mealybug
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Pseudococcus

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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References

  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" at the Encyclopedia of Life