Balanococcus kwoni Pellizzari & Danzig, 2007
(a bamboo mealybug)

Interactions where Balanococcus kwoni 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 Bambusa bamboo Poales: Poaceae New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals?, Malumphy, C., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Balanococcus kwoni/Balanococcus kwonia bamboo mealybug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Bambusa/Bambusabamboo
sucks sap of Fargesia a genus of bamboos Poales: Poaceae New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals?, Malumphy, C., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Balanococcus kwoni/Balanococcus kwonia bamboo mealybug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Fargesia/Fargesiaa genus of bamboos
sucks sap of Fargesia spathacea Chinese Fountain-bamboo Poales: Poaceae New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals?, Malumphy, C., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Balanococcus kwoni/Balanococcus kwonia bamboo mealybug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Fargesia spathacea/Fargesia spathaceaChinese fountain-bamboo
sucks sap of Pharus (Bot.) a genus of bamboos Poales: Poaceae New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals?, Malumphy, C., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Balanococcus kwoni/Balanococcus kwonia bamboo mealybug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Pharus (Bot.)/Pharus (Bot.)a genus of bamboos
sucks sap of Phyllostachys a genus of bamboos Poales: Poaceae New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals?, Malumphy, C., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Balanococcus kwoni/Balanococcus kwonia bamboo mealybug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phyllostachys/Phyllostachysa genus of bamboos
sucks sap of Pleioblastus a genus of Bamboos Poales: Poaceae New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals?, Malumphy, C., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Balanococcus kwoni/Balanococcus kwonia bamboo mealybug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Pleioblastus/Pleioblastusa genus of Bamboos
sucks sap of Pseudosasa a subgenus of bamboos Poales: Poaceae New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals?, Malumphy, C., 2010
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pseudococcidae/Balanococcus kwoni/Balanococcus kwonia bamboo mealybug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Pseudosasa/Pseudosasaa subgenus of bamboos

Author & YearTitleSource
Malumphy, C., 2010New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals?3.

Balanococcus kwoni (a bamboo mealybug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Balanococcus kwoni (a bamboo mealybug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBalanococcus kwoni (a bamboo 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 kwoni (a bamboo mealybug)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Malumphy, C. 2010 New mealybug pests – A threat to protected crops and ornamentals? 3.

Balanococcus kwoni (a bamboo mealybug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Balanococcus kwoni (a bamboo mealybug):

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