Species Cacopsylla tobirae - Pittosporum Psyllid

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pittosporum Psyllid - Cacopsylla tobirae - male - female

Pittosporum psyllid damage - Cacopsylla tobirae

pittosporum psyllid - Cacopsylla tobirae - male

pittosporum psyllid - Cacopsylla tobirae - female

pittosporum psyllid - Cacopsylla tobirae

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 Cacopsylla

Species tobirae (Pittosporum Psyllid)

Other Common Names

the name "Pittosporum Psyllid" is also used to refer to Trioza vitreoradiata

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Psylla tobirae Miyatake, 1964

Explanation of Names

Cacopsylla tobirae (Miyatake, 1964)

Size

3-3.8mm to wingtips (Miyatake 1964)

Identification

The dark spot on the postnotum appears to be consistent and the most noticeable character especially in lighter-colored adults, but refer to Miyatake (1964) for full description

Range

native to E. Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Korea), adventive in California(1), North Carolina, and South Carolina (Bertone, 2016)

Food

Hostplant: Pittosporum tobira(1)

Remarks

First detected in North America in 2007 in nursery shipments of Pittosporum in California(2)

Print References

Miyatake Y. 1964 - A revision of the subfamily Psyllinae from Japan (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) II. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 13: 1-37

Bertone, M.A. 2016 - Cacopsylla tobirae (Miyatake) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a Pest New to North and South Carolina on Japanese Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae: Pittosporum tobira). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 118(4):641-644. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.118.4.641

Internet References

Images of adults (ご近所の小さな生き物たち)

Works Cited

1.	An annotated checklist of the psyllids of California (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) Percy, D.M., A. Rung and M.S. Hoddle. 2012. Zootaxa 3193: 1-27.

2.	California plant pest & disease report, Vol. 24 (Jan-Dec 2007) S. Gaimari, ed. 2008. California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch. 119 pp.

Contributed by Chris Mallory on 5 May, 2015 - 6:45pm
Additional contributions by Matt Bertone, v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2017 - 12:17pm

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