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Species Pachypsylla celtidisinteneris - Hackberry Twig Gall Psyllid

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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 Carsidaridae

Subfamily Pachypsyllinae

Genus Pachypsylla (Hackberry Psyllids)

Species celtidisinteneris (Hackberry Twig Gall Psyllid)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pachypsylla ungulata Caldwell, 1938

Explanation of Names

Pachypsylla celtidisinteneris Mally, 1894

Size

3.5-4mm (1)

Identification

Forewings hyaline with dark maculae along pterostigma, continuing around the apex to the tip of the clavus and from there extending along the cubital vein; marginal cells relatively short, branches of medial cell sinuate (1)

Range

Central US from OH to KS (2)

Food

Hackberry (Ulmaceae: Celtis spp.) including C. occidentalis, C. reticulata, C. tenuifolia, & C. laevigata (3)

Life Cycle

Galls are located under the bark on twigs or bases of the larger limbs; adults emerge in spring (1)

See Also

Pachypsylla celtidisgemma is similar but with forewings uniformly dark:

P. dubia and P. pallida are also similar but brances of media are not sinuate.

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.	The Nearctic Psylloidea (Insecta: Homoptera): an annotated check list Hodkinson, I.D. 1988. Journal of Natural History, 22 (1179-1243).

3.	Biosystematics of hackberry psyllids (Pachypsylla) and the evolution of gall and lerp formation in psyllids Yang, M.-M. & C. Mitter. 1993. The Ecology and Evolution of Gall-forming Insects. United States Dept. of Agriculture.

Contributed by v belov on 21 March, 2013 - 8:24am
Additional contributions by Chris Mallory
Last updated 9 February, 2016 - 1:16pm

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