Ferrisia virgata

Ferrisia virgata, commonly known as the striped mealybug, is a species of mealybug belonging to the Pseudococcidae family.

F. virgata parasitizes different crops including cottonplants.

Female species are between the 4 and 4.5 millimetres (5⁄32 and 23⁄128 in) long.

The species was discovered and described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1893.

This article related to members of the insect superfamily Coccoidea is a stub.