An annotated checklist of the psyllids of California (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)
Author
Percy, Diana M.
Author
Rung, Alessandra
Author
Hoddle, Mark S.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3193
1
27
journal article
45437
10.5281/zenodo.280093
561b604f-8a0a-4747-8473-985e3791e07f
1175-5326
280093
texana
Crawford, 1914
Type
locality
:
USA
, Texas.
Additional distribution
:
USA
, Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New
Mexico
, Utah;
Mexico
;
Nicaragua
;
Peru
.
Host plant
:
Prosopis juliflora
,
P. chilensis
and
P. glandulosa
. Also recorded less reliably from
Pithecellobium
sp.,
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
,
Monarda citriodora
, and
Chrysopsis
sp.
Remarks
:
Jensen (1945)
suggested that
Prosopis chilensis
may be the primary host species.
Homotoma
Guérin-Méneville
ficus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Type
locality
: Europe.
Additional distribution
: Warmer regions of western Palaearctic; introduced in
USA
.
Host plant
:
Ficus carica
.
Remarks
: First recorded in California in 1970s (CSCA).
Kuwayama
Crawford
medicaginis
(Crawford, 1910)
Type
locality
:
USA
, Colorado.
Additional distribution
:
USA
, Arizona, California, New
Mexico
, Texas;
Mexico
.
Host plant
: Unknown, possibly
Medicago sativa
.
Livia
Latreille
caricis
(
Crawford, 1914
)
Type
locality
:
USA
, California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, New
Mexico
, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia;
Canada
, British
Columbia
.
Additional distribution
:
USA
, Idaho.
Host plant
:
Carex
sp.
Remarks
:
Hodkinson and Bird (2000)
note that some Californian specimens show some unique morphological variation.
Parasitoids
: A related
Livia
species in Europe is parasitized by an itonid gall midge (
Lestodiplosis liviae
Rübsaamen
).