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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 » Aphalaridae » Spondyliaspidinae » Blastopsylla » Eucalyptus Psyllid (Blastopsylla occidentalis)

Species Blastopsylla occidentalis - Eucalyptus Psyllid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
eucalyptus psyllid - Blastopsylla occidentalis - male eucalyptus psyllid - Blastopsylla occidentalis - male Blastopsylla - Blastopsylla occidentalis Blastopsylla - Blastopsylla occidentalis
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 Aphalaridae
Subfamily Spondyliaspidinae
Genus Blastopsylla
Species occidentalis (Eucalyptus Psyllid)
Explanation of Names
Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor, 1985
Range
Australia; introduced in CA, FL
Food
host: Eucalyptus
Life Cycle
Females lay eggs on the shoots, leaf axils, small branches and young leaves. Nymphs secrete copious amounts of honeydew and white wax flocculence (1).
Remarks
First recorded in 1983 in Los Angeles, CA
Internet References
Fact Sheet (Halbert et al. 2003-2014)[Cite:185010]
Gill, R. 1983. California Plant Pest and Disease Report (CPPDR) 2(3)
Works Cited
1.Integrated Pest Management of Eucalypt Psyllids (Insecta, Hemiptera, Psylloidea)
de Queiroz, D.L, D. Burckhardt & J. Majer. 2012. Integrated Pest Management and Pest Control - Current and Future Tactics, Dr. Sonia Soloneski (Ed.).
Contributed by Chris Mallory on 25 June, 2015 - 2:55pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 14 February, 2016 - 4:28pm

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