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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Psylloidea » Triozidae » Trioza » Trioza albifrons

Species Trioza albifrons

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Works Cited
Psyllidae? - Trioza albifrons Psyllid on Stinging Nettle - Trioza albifrons - male - female Psyllid - Trioza albifrons Aphididae? 6-12-10 01b - Trioza albifrons Vashon BioBlitz 2012 - Any help narrowing down ID to family? - Trioza albifrons Psyllid - Trioza albifrons Trioza albifrons Trioza albifrons
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 Triozidae
Genus Trioza
Species albifrons (Trioza albifrons)
Explanation of Names
Trioza albifrons Crawford, 1910
Size
3-3.5mm (1)
Range
Western North America (1)
Food
Urtica (Nettle) (1)
Life Cycle
The nymphs occur on the ventral surface of leaves and on younger growth, without any waxy secretion (2)
See Also
Trioza quadripunctata is also associated with nettle, but is easily distinguished by the 4 dark spots on the forewing:
Works Cited
1.The psyllids of America North of Mexico: (Psyllidae: Homoptera) (Subfamilies Psyllinae and Triozinae)
Tuthill, L.D. . 1943. Iowa State College Journal of Science 17: 443-660.
2.Biological Notes and New Records of North American Chermidae (Homoptera)
Klyver, F.D. 1932. Entomological News 43.
Contributed by Chris Mallory on 29 May, 2015 - 11:33pm
Last updated 6 February, 2016 - 6:20am

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