The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist
Author
Halbert, Susan E.
Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, Florida 32614 - 7100 USA
Author
Burckhardt, Daniel
Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinergasse 2, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
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Insecta Mundi
2020
2020-09-25
2020
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Baeoalitriozus diospyri
(
Ashmead, 1881
)
Materials examined.
USA
:
Florida
: Specimens from
Alachua, Collier, Columbia, Gadsden
, Highlands, Lake, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Polk, and Suwannee counties (
FSCA
, dry and slide mounted, ethanol).
Diagnosis.
Description by
Tuthill (1943
, as
Trioza diospyri
). Separated from other
Florida
psyllids as indicated in the generic key above. Body dark with long hairs.
Distribution.
Widely distributed in
Mexico
and the
USA
(
Hodkinson 1988
, as
Trioza diospyri
).
Host plants.
Diospyros virginiana
L. (
Ebenaceae
).
Comments.
This species is a significant pest of persimmon in
Florida
where it is distributed throughout the state (
Mead 1966a
).
Mead (1966a)
reported over 60 records. The DPI databases (1980–present) have 79 more records. The immatures roll the leaves, which become tattered.
Ceropsylla
Riley, 1885