Classification
-Kingdom ..Animalia (Animals)
--Phylum ..Arthropoda (Arthropods)
---Superclass ..Hexapoda (Hexapods)
----Class ..Insecta (Insects)
-----Subclass ..Pterygota (Winged Insects)
------Order ..Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
-------Suborder ..Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
--------Superfamily ..Coccoidea (Scales)
---------Family ..Pseudococcidae (Mealybugs)
----------Genus ..Pseudococcus