''Sinococcus'' is a genus of
mealybug
Mealybugs are insects in the family Pseudococcidae, unarmored scale insects found in moist, warm habitats. Many species are considered pests as they feed on plant juices of greenhouse plants, house plants and subtropical trees and also act as a ...
s (subfamily
Phenacoccinae) erected by Wu & Zheng in 2001; it contains the single species ''Sinococcus ulmi'' from ''
Ulmus
Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of No ...
'' in China.
GBIF
Sinococcus Wu & Zheng, 2000
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Pseudococcidae
Sternorrhyncha genera
Monotypic Hemiptera genera
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