‡ Bactericera trigonica Hodkinson, 1981

(Figs 162–166)

Material examined. Tenerife: 10 ♂, 4 ♀, Güímar, 28.3298 N, 16.3652 W, 10 m alt., 4.v.2016, Daucus carota (S. Bastin) (ICIA, slide mounted); 4 ♂ , 6 ♀, Tegueste, la Padilla Baja, 28.5084 N, 16.3545 W, 400 m alt., 31.v.2016, D. carota (S. Bastin) (ICIA, slide mounted) ; 2 ♀, Valle de Guerra, 28.5118 N, 16.3930 W, 300 m alt., 6.vii.2016, D. carota (S. Bastin) (ICIA, slide mounted); 29 ♂ , 9 ♀, Valle de Guerra, 28.5118 N, 16.3930 W, 300 m alt., 2.vii.2017, D. carota (S. Bastin) (ICIA, slide mounted) .

Description. Adult. Hodkinson (1981).

Fifth-instar immature Burckhardt & Freuler (2000).

Distribution CI. Tenerife, Gran Canaria (Font et al. 1999).

Host plant CI. Daucus carota (Apiaceae) .

Comments. Bactericera trigonica is a vector of ‘ Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ solanacearum (Alfaro-Fernández et al. 2012; Nelson et al. 2013), a pathogen responsible for diseases of Apiaceae in Europe (Antolínez et al. 2019; Loiseau et al. 2021) and North Africa (Tahzima et al. 2017). In the Canary Islands, B. trigonica is considered a pest (Font et al. 1999; Alfaro-Fernández et al. 2012).