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Species Livia vernaliforma

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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 Liviidae
Subfamily Liviinae
Genus Livia
Species vernaliforma (Livia vernaliforma)
Explanation of Names
Livia vernaliforma Caldwell, 1940
Identification
Forewings unpatterned, elongate & narrow, with straight costal margin (1)
Range
Western USA (1)
Food
Probably Carex (sedge) (1)
Works Cited
1.Sedge and rush-feeding psyllids of the subfamily Liviinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psylloidea): a review.
Hodkinson I. D. & Bird J. 2000. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128(1): 1-49.