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Species Purshivora chelifera

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 Psyllidae
Subfamily Psyllinae
Genus Purshivora
Species chelifera (Purshivora chelifera)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Arytaina chelifera Crawford 1914
Explanation of Names
Purshivora chelifera (Crawford 1914)
Range
w. US(1)
Food
host: Purshia tridentata (bitterbrush)(1)
Remarks
common in the Great Basin area (Dr Gill's comment)