Broken Hill Gidgee vs pink root mealybug

Acacia loderi compared with Heliococcus radicicola

Key Differences

• Broken Hill Gidgee is Near Threatened while pink root mealybug is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broken Hill Gidgee	pink root mealybug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Fabaceae	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Acacia	Heliococcus
Species	Acacia loderi	Heliococcus radicicola

Conservation Status

Broken Hill Gidgee

NT — Near Threatened

pink root mealybug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broken Hill Gidgee	pink root mealybug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broken Hill Gidgee

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

pink root mealybug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Broken Hill Gidgee

The Broken Hill Gidgee (Acacia loderi) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.