Trabutina is a genus of "blue-green" mealybugs,[1][2] containing five species: T. crassispinosa, T. elastica, T. mannipara, T. serpentina, and T.
[3] This genus of scale insects feeds solely on plants of the genus Tamarix.
[4] 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.
This article related to members of the insect superfamily Coccoidea is a stub.