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[[Image:Pink hibiscus mealybug.jpg||thumb|200px|right|A pink hibiscus mealybug.]]
| image = Pink hibiscus mealybug.jpg
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| image_width = 250px
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| image_caption = [[Maconellicoccus hirsutus|pink hibiscus mealybug]], ''Maconellicoccus hirsutus''
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| name = Mealybugs
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
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| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
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| classis = [[Insecta]]
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| ordo = [[Homoptera]]
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| subordo = [[Sternorrhyncha]]
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| familia = '''Pseudococcidae'''
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'''Mealybug''' is the common name of insects in '''Pseudococcidae''', a [[family (biology)|family]] of unarmored [[scale insect]]s found in moist, warm climates. They are considered [[pest (animal)|pest]]s as they feed on plant juices of [[greenhouse]] plants, house plants and subtropical trees.
 
'''Mealybug''' is the common name of insects in '''Pseudococcidae''', a [[family (biology)|family]] of unarmored [[scale insect]]s found in moist, warm climates. They are considered [[pest (animal)|pest]]s as they feed on plant juices of [[greenhouse]] plants, house plants and subtropical trees.