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Species Cacopsylla annulata

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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 Psyllidae
Subfamily Psyllinae
Genus Cacopsylla
Species annulata (Cacopsylla annulata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psylla annulata Fitch, 1851
Explanation of Names
Cacopsylla annulata (Fitch, 1851)
Size
3.5-4mm(1)
Identification
Typically pale yellow in color with green abdomen; head unusually wide, with eyes on prominent stalklike areas of head which separate slightly the eyes from the posterior ocelli; antennae yellow with black rings apically on each segment(1)
Range
Northeast USA (ME-MD-OH)(1)(2)
Season
Bugguide records indicate adult presence from May to October
Food
Host: Acer saccharum(1)
See Also
Cacopsylla negundinis is closely related and very similar, but differs in that the antennae are uniformly yellow with black apex: