Balanococcus diminutus (Leonardi, 1918)
(Phormium Mealybug, New Zealand Flax Mealybug)

Interactions where Balanococcus diminutus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
sucks sap of live leaf base Minor Cordyline australis Cabbage-palm Asparagales: Asparagaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Balanococcus diminutus/Balanococcus diminutusphormium mealybug, New Zealand flax mealybug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Cordyline australis/Cordyline australiscabbage-palmliveleaf baseMinor (1-12)
sucks sap of live leaf base Major Phormium tenax New Zealand Flax Asparagales: Xanthorrhoeaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Balanococcus diminutus/Balanococcus diminutusphormium mealybug, New Zealand flax mealybug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asparagales/Xanthorrhoeaceae/Phormium tenax/Phormium tenaxNew Zealand flaxliveleaf baseMajor (1-12)

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Balanococcus diminutus (Phormium Mealybug, New Zealand Flax Mealybug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Balanococcus diminutus (Phormium Mealybug, New Zealand Flax Mealybug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBalanococcus diminutus (Phormium Mealybug, New Zealand Flax Mealybug)
GenusBalanococcus (a genus of bugs)
FamilyPSEUDOCOCCIDAE (mealybugs)
SuperfamilyCOCCOIDEA (scale insects, coccids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Balanococcus diminutus (Phormium Mealybug, New Zealand Flax Mealybug)

Balanococcus diminutus (Phormium Mealybug, New Zealand Flax Mealybug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Balanococcus diminutus (Phormium Mealybug, New Zealand Flax Mealybug):

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