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Key to Mealybugs
Key to the Most Common Mealybugs found on Flowers and Foliage Plants
1. Adult females with long, white filaments at the rear (Fig. 104A); females apparently giving birth to live young Longtailed mealybug.
1.' Adult females without long, white filament at the rear; females lay eggs in a dense, white fluffy ovisac .... 2
2. Female feeding on above ground portion of plant 3
2.' Female never feeding on above ground portions of plant; white mealybug feeding on roots (Fig. 104B) ........... Pritchard's mealybug and other Root mealybugs.
3. Body orangish or purplish and covered with white bloom; a darker line down the middle of the back (Fig. 105A); mealybug very damaging to the health of many plants Citrus mealybug.
3.' Body purplish and covered with white bloom; three rows of white tufts down the back (Fig. 105B); may occur in high numbers with little effect on the health of the plant Mexican mealybug.
Figure 104:
Figure 105:
Striped mealybug, Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) 
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Pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus
(Green)
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No common name, Phenacoccus madeiresis Green 
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Solanum mealybug, Phenacoccus solani Ferris 
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Citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso) 
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Longtailed mealybug, Pseudococcus longispinus
(Targioni-Tozzetti) 
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Unknown species, 
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