One survey in Egypt noted 12 species of parasitoid wasps on the citrus mealybug. The citrus mealybug has a nested endosymbiosis. The citrus mealybug is also a vector for plant viruses. The citrus mealybug can live "on almost any flowering plant". The mealybug destroyer ("Cryptolaemus montrouzieri"), a ladybird beetle, readily attacks the citrus mealybug.