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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Psylloidea » Aphalaridae » Spondyliaspidinae » Ctenarytaina » Tristania Psyllid (Ctenarytaina longicauda)

Species Ctenarytaina longicauda - Tristania Psyllid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Brush Box Psyllid - Ctenarytaina longicauda Brush Box Psyllid - Ctenarytaina longicauda - female Psyllid on Lophostemon confertus - Ctenarytaina longicauda Psyllid on Lophostemon confertus - Ctenarytaina longicauda
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 Aphalaridae
Subfamily Spondyliaspidinae
Genus Ctenarytaina
Species longicauda (Tristania Psyllid)
Explanation of Names
Ctenarytaina longicauda Taylor 1987
Size
♂ 1.75-2.25 mm, ♀ 2.1-2.6 mm(1)
Range
Native to Australia, introduced in Southern California(1)
Food
host: Lophostemon confertus(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: CA 1983(1)
Works Cited
1.Ctenarytaina longicauda sp. n. (Homoptera: Psylloidea) from Lophostemon confertus (R. Brown) in Australia and California.
Taylor, K.L. 1987. Australian Journal of Entomology Volume 26, Issue 3, pages 229-233 .
Contributed by Chris Mallory on 14 May, 2015 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 4 June, 2015 - 1:20pm

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