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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 » Baeoalitriozus » Persimmon Psyllid (Baeoalitriozus diospyri)

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Copyright © 2011 Charley Eiseman

Azalea bug - Baeoalitriozus diospyri

Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
May 2, 2011
Size: ~2.3 mm

On an ornamental azalea. Some kind of psyllid?

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 2 May, 2011 - 2:25pm
Last updated 17 June, 2015 - 3:57am

Moved

Moved from Triozidae.

… Chris Mallory, 17 June, 2015 - 3:57am

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Baeoalitriozus diospyri

The unusually large medial cell is diagnostic among north american triozids; note also the shining black densely pubescent body. The host is Persimmon.

… Chris Mallory, 17 June, 2015 - 3:57am

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Odd

There is definitely no persimmon anywhere near where I took this photo. I wonder if the same species also uses azalea? The two plants at least belong to the same order...

… Charley Eiseman, 17 June, 2015 - 8:37pm

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Possibly

Though with no other adults or nymphs on the plant I'd be more inclined to believe that it may be a migrant taking a temporary rest on a plant it has no interest in. In the family Triozidae especially there seems to be a predisposition for dispersal and temporary migration to plants other than their hosts, such as the trend of overwintering on conifers. Though while this species and its close relatives have never been recorded from Azalea, that's not to say it isn't possible; should you find one of these on the same plant in the future, see if you can find any nymphs.

… Chris Mallory, 17 June, 2015 - 9:26pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.
There don't seem to be any spp. with Rhododendron as a host listed at psyllids.org... this one was alone, so it may or may not have been on its host plant.

… Charley Eiseman, 2 May, 2011 - 2:49pm

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yup; must be a triozid

nice pic

… v belov, 2 May, 2011 - 2:34pm

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