Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pseudococcus longispinus
Escama, Long tailed mealybug
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily
Coccoidea
Family
Pseudococcidae
Genus
Pseudococcus
Species
longispinus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2008
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plants: Rosa sp., Nerium oleander (oleander).
- Lincango, M.P. Hodgson, C. & Causton, C. (2008) Lista anotada de los insectos escama (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) de las islas Galápagos, Ecuador. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.
- Lincango, P. Hodgson, C., Causton, C. & Miller, D. (2010) An updated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Galapagos Research, 67: 3-7.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pseudococcus longispinus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11700. Accessed 2 November 2026.