Pseudococcus maritimus

Pseudococcus maritimus, the grape mealybug, is a scale insect species in the genus Pseudococcus infecting grapevines. It is also a vector of little cherry disease.^[1]

Pseudococcus maritimus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Pseudococcidae
Genus:	Pseudococcus
Species:	P. maritimus
Binomial name
Pseudococcus maritimus (Ehrhorn, 1900)

The larvae of the moth Coccidiphila gerasimovi feed on the eggs of Coccidae species, including P. maritimus.^{[citation needed]}