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Species Arytaina genistae - Broom Psyllid

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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 Psyllidae
Subfamily Psyllinae
Genus Arytaina
Species genistae (Broom Psyllid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psylla genistae Latreille, 1804
Explanation of Names
Arytaina genistae (Latreille 1804)
Size
3.5 mm(1)
Identification
Forewings with conspicuous dark streak running between veins Rs and M (2)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA (along both the Atlantic & Pacific coasts in the US)(3)
Food
hosts: various Fabaceae, especially Cytisus (brooms) (3)
Internet References
Bantock & Botting (2010)(1)
Works Cited
1.Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera
2.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.
3.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
Contributed by v belov on 2 May, 2014 - 10:06am
Additional contributions by Chris Mallory
Last updated 14 February, 2016 - 5:01pm

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