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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 » Aphalaridae » Spondyliaspidinae » Glycaspis » Red Gum Lerp Psyllid (Glycaspis brimblecombei)

Species Glycaspis brimblecombei - Red Gum Lerp Psyllid

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid? Female? - Glycaspis brimblecombei - female

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid late instar nymph? - Glycaspis brimblecombei

Red gum lerp psyllid - Glycaspis brimblecombei

Female, Red Gum Lerp Psyllid? - Glycaspis brimblecombei - 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 Aphalaridae

Subfamily Spondyliaspidinae

Genus Glycaspis

Species brimblecombei (Red Gum Lerp Psyllid)

Other Common Names

Eucalyptus Redgum Lerp Psyllid

Explanation of Names

Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore 1964

Size

4-5 mm head to wingtips(1)

Range

native to Australia, adventive in our area (CA, AZ, FL) and elsewhere (Mexico, South America, Hawaii, the Mediterranean)(2)(3)

Food

host plants: Eucalyptus spp.(2)

Life Cycle

Nymphs secrete a dome-shaped "lerp" made of honeydew and wax, under which they live and complete their development

Remarks

earliest record in our area: CA 1998(2)

more damaging than other eucalyptus psyllids in NA because it can defoliate the trees and has a broad host range(4)

The parasitic wasp Psyllaephagus bliteus has been introduced from Australia to combat the psyllid

Print References

Fact sheets: Halbert & Gill (2003-2014)(4) | Paine et al. (3)

Internet References

Species page(2)

Fact sheets: Halbert & Gill (2003-2014)(4) | Paine et al. ()(3) | CABI (2014)(1) | Laudonia & Garonna (2011)(5)

Works Cited

1.	Invasive Species Compendium (ISC)

2.	Invasive species in California

3.	University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program

4.	EDIS -- Electronic Data Information Source of UF/IFAS Extension

5.	European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 April, 2009 - 8:57pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Harsi S. Parker, Chris Mallory
Last updated 14 February, 2016 - 4:38pm

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