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Ripersiella hibisci  (Kawai and Takagi, 1971)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1257093

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Rhizoecus hibisci Kawai and Takagi, 1971
  
  Common Name(s): Root mealybug [English]
  
    Cochenille des racines [French]
  
    cochinilla harinosa de la raíz del hibisco [Spanish]
  
    haibisukasu-ne-kona-kaigaramushi
 
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderAcercaria   
                               OrderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 – true bugs, hemipterans  
                                  SuborderSternorrhyncha   
                                     SuperfamilyCoccoidea Fallén, 1814 – scales, mealybugs, coccids  
                                        FamilyRhizoecidae Williams, 1969  
                                           GenusRipersiella Tinsley, 1899  
                                              SpeciesRipersiella hibisci (Kawai and Takagi, 1971) – Root mealybug, Cochenille des racines, cochinilla harinosa de la raíz del hibisco, haibisukasu-ne-kona-kaigaramushi  
       

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  Source: ScaleNet, 2/2025, Database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: García Morales, M., B. D. Denno, D. R. Miller, G. L. Miller, Y. Ben-Dov, and N. B. Hardy. 2016. ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi: 10.1093/database/bav118. https://scalenet.info   
  Reference for: Ripersiella hibisci, Root mealybug [English], Cochenille des racines [French], haibisukasu-ne-kona-kaigaramushi, cochinilla harinosa de la raíz del hibisco [Spanish]   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    North America  
    Oceania  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Hawaii, Native  
 

 

    

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