Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, 2007
(Bouganvillea Mealybug)

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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
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:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phenacoccus peruvianus (Bouganvillea Mealybug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phenacoccus peruvianus (Bouganvillea Mealybug)
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