Diaphorina citri, Kuwayama, 1908

Percy, Diana M., Rung, Alessandra & Hoddle, Mark S., 2012, An annotated checklist of the psyllids of California (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 3193, pp. 1-27 : 16

citri (Kuwayama, 1908)

Type locality: Taiwan.

Additional distribution: Broadly distributed in Asia and India. Introduced in Arabian Peninsula, South and Central America, and USA.

Host plant: Several Citrus spp., Bergera (Murraya) koenigii , Murraya exotica .

Remarks: Studied as a citrus pest since the 1920s in its native range in India and Pakistan ( Husain & Nath 1927; Atwal 1962; Atwal et al. 1970). First detected in USA (Florida) in 1998 ( Halbert & Manjunath 2004), and detected in southern California in 2008; common name: Asian citrus psyllid (ACP). This species transmits Candidatus Liberibacter spp., a bacterium responsible for citrus greening (Huanglongbing) disease that may result in considerable economic damage to citrus industries.

Parasitoids: Tamarixia radiata , and Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis (Shafee, Alam & Agarwal) . The eulophid parasitoid, T. radiata , controls the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) effectively in India ( Atwal 1962), and it is considered a superior biological control to the encyrtid parasitoid, D. aligarhensis , in Florida where both have been tested for the control of ACP. T. radiata exhibits high parasitization rates and rapid establishment in new areas ( Aubert 1987; Skelly & Hoy 2004) and has now been introduced to many parts of the world ( Halbert & Manjunath 2004; Halbert & Núñez 2004; Wenninger & Hall 2007).