Species Trioza brevigenae - Ficus Leaf-Rolling Psyllid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References

Ficus leaf-rolling psyllid male - Trioza brevigenae - male

Ficus leaf-rolling psyllid female - Trioza brevigenae - female

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 Triozidae

Genus Trioza

Species brevigenae (Ficus Leaf-Rolling Psyllid)

Explanation of Names

Trioza brevigenae Mathur, 1973

Size

2.6-2.8mm

Range

India; adventive in so. CA (first recorded in February 2016)

Food

Ficus microcarpa

Life Cycle

Feeding causes leaves to become tightly rolled; peeling back the rolled leaves reveals the fairly elongate nymphs.

Remarks

Other species, including thrips, mealybugs, and spiders may also induce leaf-rolling on the same plants, though in these cases the leaf is not as tightly rolled. Additionally, nymphs of a second species of psyllid have been discovered in association with the rolled leaves; these small (under 1mm) nymphs are found on the outside of the rolled leaves in shallow pits, though the adults have not yet been recorded.

Print References

Hodel, D.R, G. Arakelian, L.M. Ohara, C. Wilen, & S.K. Dara. 2016. The Ficus Leaf-Rolling Psyllid: A New Pest of Ficus microcarpa. (pdf)

Contributed by Chris Mallory on 7 September, 2016 - 6:17pm

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