Species Cacopsylla fatsiae - Fatsia Psyllid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

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 fatsiae (Fatsia Psyllid)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Psylla fatsiae Jensen, 1957

Explanation of Names

Cacopsylla fatsiae (Jensen, 1957)

Size

3.75mm-4.35mm to wingtips (1)

Identification

Wings with dark spot on tip of clavus; pterostigma large. Antennae as long as about twice the width of the head, genal cones as long as vertex. Associated with Fatsia japonica (1)

Range

Native to Japan; introduced in CA(1) and BC(2)

Habitat

Adults are most common on the underside of leaves and on the petioles of Fatsia japonica (1)

Season

There are multiple generations and all stages may be found throughout the year (1)

Food

Fatsia japonica (1)

See Also

Of species that also have a dark spot on the tip of the clavus:Cacopsylla pyricola has shorter antennae and genal cones, breeding on Pyrus.

Cacopsylla ribesiae has pterostigma nearly obsolete, and is associated with Ribes:

Internet References

Images of adult female (ムシをデザインしたのはダレ)

Images of adults (長坂蛾庭)

Works Cited

1.	A new genus and five new species of Psyllidae from California and Lower California (Homoptera) Jensen, D.D. . 1957. The Wasmann Journal of Biology Vol. 5 No. 1 pp. 15-34.

2.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of British Columbia Maw H.E.L. 2011. working document.

Contributed by Chris Mallory on 26 May, 2015 - 8:57pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2016 - 5:38am

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