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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 » Liviidae » Euphyllurinae » Neophyllura » Manzanita Psyllid (Neophyllura arctostaphyli)

Species Neophyllura arctostaphyli - Manzanita Psyllid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Neophyllura arctostaphyli Manzanita Psyllid (Neophyllura arctostaphyli)? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli Cercopidae? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli Cercopidae? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli Neophyllura? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli Neophyllura? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli Neophyllura? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli Female, Neophyllura arctostaphyli? - Neophyllura arctostaphyli
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 Liviidae
Subfamily Euphyllurinae
Genus Neophyllura
Species arctostaphyli (Manzanita Psyllid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euphyllura arctostaphyli Schwarz, 1904
Euphyllura arctostaphyli var bifasciata Crawford, 1914
Explanation of Names
Neophyllura arctostaphyli (Schwarz, 1904)
Size
2.0-3.5mm (1)
Range
w. North America (2)
Food
host: Arctostaphylos (1)
Remarks
Nymphs occur on the ventral surface of leaves in cells constructed from white cottony wax secretion. In severe infestations they may also be found on the upper surface of leaves as well as the branches and buds of younger growth (3)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
3.Biological Notes and New Records of North American Chermidae (Homoptera)
Klyver, F.D. 1932. Entomological News 43.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 18 January, 2008 - 3:14pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Chris Mallory
Last updated 6 February, 2016 - 6:35am

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