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Trabutina

Genus of true bugs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Trabutina is a genus of "blue-green" mealybugs,[1][2] containing five species: T. crassispinosa, T. elastica, T. mannipara, T. serpentina, and T. tenax.[3] This genus of scale insects feeds solely on plants of the genus Tamarix.[3] Its type species is T. mannipara.[4]

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Trabutina insects produce a sweet excretion which is used as a food in Israel and Iraq.[5] Polyrhachis simplex, a species of weaver ants, also feeds on the sugary secretions.[6]

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