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Misericoccus arenarius (pear-shaped mealybug)

Synonyms: Ripersia arenaria

Prey / Diet

Bromus arenarius (Australian brome)[1]
Bromus moeszii (military grass)[1]
Bromus rubens (red brome)[1]
Hordeum murinum leporinum[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cryptoripersia arizonensis (felt-sac mealybug)1
Discococcus spectabilis (notable mealybug)1
Eriococcus diaboli (Mount Diablo eriococcin)1
Tridiscus multiorbis (multiple circulus mealybug)1

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0