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Species Cacopsylla fatsiae - Fatsia Psyllid

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Psylloidea
Family Psyllidae
Subfamily Psyllinae
Genus Cacopsylla
Species fatsiae (Fatsia Psyllid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psylla fatsiae Jensen, 1957
Explanation of Names
Cacopsylla fatsiae (Jensen, 1957)
Size
3.75mm-4.35mm to wingtips (1)
Identification
Wings with dark spot on tip of clavus; pterostigma large. Antennae as long as about twice the width of the head, genal cones as long as vertex. Associated with Fatsia japonica (1)
Range
Native to Japan; introduced in CA(1) and BC(2)
Habitat
Adults are most common on the underside of leaves and on the petioles of Fatsia japonica (1)
Season
There are multiple generations and all stages may be found throughout the year (1)
Food
Fatsia japonica (1)
See Also
Of species that also have a dark spot on the tip of the clavus:Cacopsylla pyricola has shorter antennae and genal cones, breeding on Pyrus.

Cacopsylla ribesiae has pterostigma nearly obsolete, and is associated with Ribes:
Internet References
Images of adult female (ムシをデザインしたのはダレ)
Images of adults (長坂蛾庭)
Works Cited
1.A new genus and five new species of Psyllidae from California and Lower California (Homoptera)
Jensen, D.D. . 1957. The Wasmann Journal of Biology Vol. 5 No. 1 pp. 15-34.
2.Checklist of the Hemiptera of British Columbia
Maw H.E.L. 2011. working document.