Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trioza chenopodii Reuter, 1876,
Trioza obliqua Thomson, 1877
Explanation of Names
Heterotrioza chenopodii (Reuter, 1876)
Identification
The only Triozid recorded from our area that utilizes Chenopodiaceae as a host. Adults extremely variable in color, with younger individuals yellowish with brown markings and green abdomen; older individuals with uniformly dark brown dorsum. Full description in
(3)Range
Widespread Palaearctic species; adventive in North America and now known to occur in e. US, the Maritime Provinces, Nebraska, and along the Pacific Coast (BC-CA)
(4)Food
Chenopodiaceae, including
Atriplex and
Chenopodium(3)Remarks
Seasonally polymorphic (and sexually dimorphic), with a short-winged autumn-winter form and a long-winged summer form
(3)(4)
earliest record in our area: VA 1988
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