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Acacia Psyllid (Acizzia uncatoides)
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Alice Abela
Acizzia uncatoides? -
Acizzia uncatoides
Santa Barbara County, California, USA
May 12, 2016
Size: ~2mm
Found on coyote bush Baccharis pilularis, bu it look like an acacia psyllid. Acacia longifolia was present a few hundred feet away as were various eucalyptus.
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Contributed by
Alice Abela
on 15 May, 2016 - 9:15pm
Last updated 19 May, 2016 - 6:33pm
Moved
Moved from
Psylloidea
.
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Chris Mallory
, 19 May, 2016 - 6:33pm
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Yep
The shape of the cubital cell is the best indicator of the genus in my opinion (at least in California), and
A. uncatoides
is the usual culprit.
A. acaciaebaileyanae
is the most similar species and is supposedly just as widespread, but with rectangular, parallel sided forceps as opposed to the pyriform forceps of
uncatoides
.
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Chris Mallory
, 19 May, 2016 - 6:32pm
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