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Species Baeoalitriozus diospyri - Persimmon 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 Triozidae
Genus Baeoalitriozus
Species diospyri (Persimmon Psyllid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Baeoalitriozus diospyri (Ashmead)
Orig. Comb: Psylla diospyri Ashmead, 1881
Syn: Trioza diospyri (Ashmead)
Size
4.5 mm(1)
Identification
Body shiny black, pubescent; forewings very long, angulate, with unusually large medial cell (1)
Range
e. US, se. Ont. / Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Food
hosts: mostly Diospyros virginiana, but also Diospyros texana (Ebenaceae)(2)