The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt Author Evans, Gregory A. / PPQ c / o Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA / ARS / BARC-West, Beltsville, MD Gregory. A. Evans @ usda. gov Author Abd-Rabou, Shaaban Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt text Insecta Mundi 2023 2023-08-04 2023 999 1 83 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.10832115 1942-1354 10832115 8CA7B000-E8D4-463D-95B0-431BA0A7BA57 Phenacoccus gypsophilae Hall, 1927 ( Figure 52D , after Hall 1927c ) Taxonomy. Phenacoccus gypsophilae Hall 1927c: 268 . Type data. EGYPT : Khanka, on roots of Gypsophila rokejeka . Hosts in Egypt . Gypsophila capillaris , Gypsophila rokejeka , Gypsophila sp. ( Hall 1927c ). Distribution in Egypt . in desert near Khanka ( Hall 1927c ). Remarks. Hall (1927c) stated that this species attacks the roots of its hosts. Mohammed et al. (1995) discussed the species.