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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 » Psyllidae » Psyllinae » Cacopsylla » americana complex (Cacopsylla americana complex)

americana complex

Classification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Cacopsylla curta from Salix lasiolepis - Cacopsylla curta - male Cacopsylla sp.? - Cacopsylla curta - male Cacopsylla curta? - Cacopsylla curta Cacopsylla Cacopsylla male - maybe tenuata? - Cacopsylla tenuata - male Cacopsylla male - maybe tenuata? - Cacopsylla tenuata - male Tiny Bug - Cacopsylla Tiny Bug - Cacopsylla
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
No Taxon americana complex
Range
North America
Food
Salix
Remarks
This complex includes a number of closely related and morphologically similar reddish-brown to black psyllids that breed on Salix (willow), and is particularly diverse in the west, especially California. Members of this group are most reliably distinguished by the male genitalia; the extent of minute setae on the wing membrane as well as the length of the antennae and genal cones may also be useful for specific diagnosis, especially with females (1).
Works Cited
1.The North American species of Psylla from willow, with descriptions of new species and notes on biology (Homoptera-Psyllidae)
Jensen, D. D. 1951. Hilgardia 20: 299-324.
Contributed by Chris Mallory on 5 February, 2016 - 11:30pm

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