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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 » Rose Gum Psyllid (Ctenarytaina spatulata)

Species Ctenarytaina spatulata - Rose Gum Psyllid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Aphrophoridae - Spittle Bug - Ctenarytaina spatulata Ctenarytaina spatulata - male - female Ctenarytaina spatulata - female leaf hopper? - Ctenarytaina spatulata rose gum psyllid - Ctenarytaina spatulata - male Yellow-orange adult psyllid on pine - Ctenarytaina spatulata Orange psyllid - Ctenarytaina spatulata Psyllid - Ctenarytaina spatulata
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 spatulata (Rose Gum Psyllid)
Explanation of Names
Ctenarytaina spatulata Taylor, 1997
Identification
Veins Rs, M, and Cu1a straight, more or less parallel to each other; head and pronotum yellowish.
Range
Native to Australia; in our area, California (introduced) (1)
Food
host: Eucalyptus (1)
Life Cycle
Adults are mainly found on leaves and new apical shoots; females lay their eggs on the newly growing leaf axils. The nymphs develop on the young shoots, secreting copious amounts of honeydew; excessive feeding may result in leaf curling. There are multiple generations per year (2)
Remarks
First recorded from California in 1991. While common, it is not considered to be as injurious to its hosts as other Eucalyptus psyllids established in the state (3)
See Also
C. eucalypti and C. longicauda are similar but with dark head and pronotum:

For a full list of differences and comparative diagrams between C. eucalypti and C. spatulata refer to Burckhardt et. al. (1999) (4)
Internet References
Invasive.org - images of adults and nymphs
Works Cited
1.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
2.Integrated Pest Management of Eucalypt Psyllids (Insecta, Hemiptera, Psylloidea)
de Queiroz, D.L, D. Burckhardt & J. Majer. 2012. Integrated Pest Management and Pest Control - Current and Future Tactics, Dr. Sonia Soloneski (Ed.).
3.California plant pest & disease report, Vol. 21 (Jan-Jun 2002)
R.J. Gill, ed. 2003. California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch. 28 pp.
4.Psyllid pests (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) in South American eucalypt plantations
Burckhardt D., Santana D. L. Q., Terra A. L., De Andrade F. M., Penteado S. R. C., Iede E. T. & Morey C. S. . 1999. Mitteilungen der schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft 72: 1-10.
Contributed by Chris Mallory on 15 June, 2015 - 4:33am
Last updated 14 February, 2016 - 4:06pm

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