Species Bactericera lavaterae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited

psyllid galls on Island Mallow - Bactericera lavaterae

island mallow psyllid adult - Bactericera lavaterae

island mallow psyllid nymph - Bactericera lavaterae

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 Bactericera

Species lavaterae (Bactericera lavaterae)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Kuwayama lavaterae Van Duzee, 1924

Paratrioza lavaterae (Van Duzee, 1924)

Explanation of Names

Bactericera lavaterae (Van Duzee, 1924)(1)

Numbers

3.25-3.75mm (2)

Range

California (3). Native to the Channel Islands, now found on the mainland from San Diego to San Francisco where its host has been introduced.

Food

Island Mallow (Malvaceae: Lavatera assurgentiflora) (2)

Life Cycle

Adults and nymphs may be found on the ventral surfaces of leaves and on younger buds and flowers; nymphs may be found in blister-like depressions on the leaves which they create, often causing the leaves to curl. Severe infestations sometimes results in the death of its host. (4)

Works Cited

1.	Characters of two North American Chermidae Van Duzee, E.P. 1924. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 1: 22-23.

2.	The psyllids of America North of Mexico: (Psyllidae: Homoptera) (Subfamilies Psyllinae and Triozinae) Tuthill, L.D. . 1943. Iowa State College Journal of Science 17: 443-660.

3.	An annotated checklist of the psyllids of California (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) Percy, D.M., A. Rung and M.S. Hoddle. 2012. Zootaxa 3193: 1-27.

4.	Biological Notes and New Records of North American Chermidae (Homoptera) Klyver, F.D. 1932. Entomological News 43.

Contributed by Chris Mallory on 6 April, 2017 - 7:00pm
Last updated 2 May, 2017 - 6:08pm

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