Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psylla jamatonica Kuwayama, 1908
Explanation of Names
Acizzia jamatonica (Kuwayama, 1908)
Size
1.3-1.9mm (Wheeler & Hoebeke 2009)
Identification
General color yellowish-green in young specimens to dark red in mature individuals. Genal cones large, divergent, shorter than vertex; antennae 1.5 times as long as width of head. Pterostigma broad, long (Wheeler & Hoebeke 2009); cubital cell moderately large
Range
native to Asia, adventive elsewhere (recently found attacking the same host in Europe); in our area has been first recorded in GA (Ulyshen & Miller 2007) and now widespread acros se. US (NC-FL-AL-TN) (Wheeler & Hoebeke 2009)
Food
host: mimosa or silk tree (Albizia julibrissin, Fabaceae) (introduced from Asia through Europe to NA in mid-1700s and considered invasive in se. US) (Ulyshen & Miller 2007)
Print References
Ulyshen, M.D. & D.R. Miller. 2007. First record of Acizzia jamatonica (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in North America: friend or foe? Florida Entomologist 90(3) (
pdf)
Wheeler, A.G. & E.R. Hoebeke. 2009. Acizzia jamatonica (Kuwayama) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae): U.S. Distribution of a Recently Detected Asian Psyllid Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 111(2):505-514. (
BioOne)
