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Pittosporum Psyllid - Cacopsylla tobirae - male - female

Pittosporum Psyllid - Cacopsylla tobirae - Male Female
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 3, 2015
Mating pair on Pittosporum. Adds the species to BugGuide; see new guide page for info and relevant references. This is the only Pittosporum-feeding species in California, and is perhaps best recognized by the damage caused to the leaves and the white waxy filaments secreted by the nymphs.

This is the 11th psyllid I've photographed so far in California; I intend to seek out other specific psyllid spp. and help expand the psyllid section of BugGuide as best I can, hopefully including more native psyllids in the future as currently non-natives seem to be dominant.

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Pittosporum Psyllid - Cacopsylla tobirae - male - female Pittosporum Psyllid - Cacopsylla tobirae - male - female