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Photo#938006
tiny cicadoid? - Acizzia uncatoides

tiny cicadoid? - Acizzia uncatoides
South San Francisco, San Mateo County, California, USA
June 13, 2014
Size: ~2mm
On Tagetes lucida flower.

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tiny cicadoid? - Acizzia uncatoides tiny cicadoid? - Acizzia uncatoides

Acizzia uncatoides --det. R. Gill
his comment: "This is the acacia psyllid,... extremely common throughout suburban California, an introduced Australian species established here for many, many years. Host of course is acacia. Tagetes lucida was just a resting site."

Moved from Psylloidea.

psyllid, rather [same order, diff. suborder] --will ask Dr Gill
...to take a look

Moved from ID Request.