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title: "Mealybug Destroyer"
description: "Cryptolaemus montrouzieri — Insetti e ragni. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, common name mealybug ladybird or mealybug destroyer, is a species of ladybird beetle native to eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mealybug-destroyer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mealybug Destroyer

> Cryptolaemus montrouzieri — Insetti e ragni. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, common name mealybug ladybird or mealybug destroyer, is a species of ladybird beetle native to eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Cryptolaemus montrouzieri*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9997
- Wikidata: [Q2401586](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2401586)
- iNaturalist taxon: [244084](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244084)

## Names

- en: Mealybug Destroyer
- de: Australischer Marienkäfer
- es: Catarina australiana
- fr: Coccinelle cochenille

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1832), US (1298), ES (151), NZ (148), BR (106), ZA (77), AR (72), FR (71), MX (63), CA (61), IT (60), TW (60)

## Summary

Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, common name mealybug ladybird or mealybug destroyer, is a species of ladybird beetle native to eastern Australia. The beetle feeds on mealybugs and other scale insects, and is used to control those pests on citrus orchards worldwide.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptolaemus_montrouzieri

## Photo

![Mealybug Destroyer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mealybug-destroyer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4090270

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mealybug-destroyer?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).