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Species Bactericera cockerelli - Potato Psyllid

Bactericera cockerelli? - Bactericera cockerelli

Potato Psyllid? - Bactericera cockerelli

Bactericera found on a desert almond - 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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