Ctenarytaina eucalypti, Maskell, 1890

Percy, Diana M., Rung, Alessandra & Hoddle, Mark S., 2012, An annotated checklist of the psyllids of California (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 3193, pp. 1-27 : 15

eucalypti (Maskell, 1890)

Type locality: Australia.

Additional distribution: Introduced in Europe, New Zealand, South America, USA.

Host plant: At least nine Eucalyptus spp. ( Burckhardt 1998), including E. pulverulenta , E. globulus in California. Remarks: First recorded in California in the 1990s ( Gill 1991, 1992); common name: blue gum psyllid. This species can have four or more generations per year.

Parasitoids: Psyllaephagus pilosus Noyes ; this introduced parasitoid is a highly effective classical biological control agent. Insecticide use for this pest was eliminated by 1994 as the parasitoids spread throughout California ( Dahlsten et al. 1998).