An infestation of Striped Mealybug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/5/1987).
An infestation of Striped Mealybugs with aphids in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/1/1990).
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An infestation of Striped Mealybug in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/5/1987).
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An infestation of Striped Mealybugs with aphids in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/1/1990).
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| Ferrisia virgata | |
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| An adult Ferrisia virgata with eggs | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Pseudococcidae |
| Genus: | Ferrisia |
| Species: | F. virgata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell, 1893)
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Ferrisia virgata, commonly known as the striped mealybug, is a species of mealybug belonging to the Pseudococcidae family. F. virgata parasitizes different crops including cottonplants. Female species are between the 4 and 4.5 millimetres (5⁄32 and 23⁄128 in) long. The species was discovered and described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1893.[1]
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