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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 » Triozidae » Bactericera » Potato Psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli)

Species Bactericera cockerelli - Potato Psyllid

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
unknown Hemipteran - Bactericera cockerelli Striped bug - Bactericera cockerelli Psyllid on rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) - Bactericera cockerelli Bactericera cockerelli? - Bactericera cockerelli Bactericera cockerelli Psylloidea - Bactericera cockerelli Bactericera cockerelli? - Bactericera cockerelli Bactericera cockerelli? - Bactericera cockerelli
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 cockerelli (Potato Psyllid)
Other Common Names
Tomato Psyllid
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trioza cockerelli Šulc, 1909
Paratrioza cockerelli (Šulc, 1909)
Explanation of Names
Bactericera cockerelli (Šulc, 1909)
Range
native to c. & w. US (MN-TX to WA-AZ), adventive in CA & Baja(1)
Food
Various Solanaceae including potato, eggplant, and tomato (2)
Remarks
Known to cause a disease-like symptom in tomato and potato called psyllid yellows. It is not a disease per se but rather a response in the plant to the insect's "saliva" that causes the plants to be stunted, yellowed and unproductive. If the psyllid nymphs are removed from the plant, the plant will recover nicely. --Ray Gill, pers. comm. to =v=, 17.iii.2014
Internet References
Fact sheets: Butler & Trumble(1) | Zalom et al.(3)
Works Cited
1.Invasive species in California
2.Ouvrard D. (2013) Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database
3.University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 19 January, 2009 - 4:57pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Chris Mallory
Last updated 15 February, 2016 - 5:49pm

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