''Pseudococcus maritimus'', the grape mealybug, is a scale insect species in the genus ''

Pseudococcus ''Pseudococcus'' is a genus of unarmoured scale insects in the family Pseudococcidae, the mealy bugs. There are more than 150 species of ''Pseudococcus''. Species Species include: *''Pseudococcus aberrans'' *''Pseudococcus acirculus'' *''Pseud ...

'' infecting grapevines. It is also a vector of

little cherry disease Little cherry disease or LChD, sometimes referred to as little cherry, K & S little cherry or sour cherry decline, is a viral infectious disease that affects cherry trees, most notably sweet cherries (''Prunus avium'') and sour cherries (''Prunus ...

.Mekuria, T.A.; Smith, T.J.; Beers, E.; Watson, G.W.; Eastwell, K.C. (2013). "First Report of Transmission of Little cherry virus 2 to Sweet Cherry by Pseudococcus maritimus (Ehrhorn) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)". Plant Disease 97 (6): 851–851. The larvae of the moth ''

Coccidiphila gerasimovi ''Coccidiphila gerasimovi'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae described by Aleksandr Sergeievich Danilevsky in 1950. It is found in the Mediterranean area, on the Canary Islands and from North Africa to the Near East. It has also been record ...

'' feed on the eggs of Coccidae species, including ''P. maritimus''.

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Insects described in 1900 Grape pest insects Insect vectors of plant pathogens Hemiptera of Europe Pseudococcidae {{Coccoidea-stub