Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, 2007
(Bouganvillea Mealybug)

Interactions where Phenacoccus peruvianus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
sucks sap of UK/IrelandCaptivity Bougainvillea (bougainvillea) Caryophyllales: Nyctaginaceae New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals?, Malumphy, C., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Phenacoccus peruvianus/Phenacoccus peruvianusbouganvillea mealybug Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Nyctaginaceae/Bougainvillea/Bougainvillea(bougainvillea) Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Malumphy, C., 2010New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals?3.

Phenacoccus peruvianus (Bouganvillea Mealybug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phenacoccus peruvianus (Bouganvillea Mealybug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhenacoccus peruvianus (Bouganvillea Mealybug)
GenusPhenacoccus (a genus of alien mealybugs)
FamilyPSEUDOCOCCIDAE (mealybugs)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phenacoccus peruvianus (Bouganvillea Mealybug)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Malumphy, C. 2010 New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals? 3.

Phenacoccus peruvianus (Bouganvillea Mealybug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phenacoccus peruvianus (Bouganvillea Mealybug):

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