- mealybug, mealy bug - scale-like plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees
--1 is a kind of coccid insect
--1 is a member of Pseudococcidae, family Pseudococcidae
--1 has particulars:citrophilous mealybug, citrophilus mealybug, Pseudococcus fragilis; Comstock mealybug, Comstock's mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki; citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri