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Mealybug
Monophlebulus
-6.73916, 106.981
Field Notes
Description:
A big white mealybug, around 15mm large, they are unarmored scale and slow moving wingless Hemiptera that feeds on plant sap.
Some are colourful, including bright orange and blue and as large as 25mm, even as adults they look rather like insect larvae.
Habitat:
Spotted during a day walk at Gunung Gede National Park (a dense tropical forest near a small river and waterfall), Java / Indonesia.
This Genus is found in Australia and South East Asia and is know to feed on Eucalyptus and Callistemon among other species.
Notes:
Mealybugs are insects in the family Pseudococcidae.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: MONOPHLEBIDAE
Genus: Monophlebulus
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 22, 2017
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