Katacephala tenuipennis Tuthill, 1944

Halbert, Susan E. & Burckhardt, Daniel, 2020, The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (788), pp. 1-88 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564694
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4564798
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scientific name	Katacephala tenuipennis Tuthill, 1944
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Diagnosis. Description by Hodkinson (1991b).

Materials examined. USA: Florida: Specimens from Collier, Lee, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties, mostly nursery collections due to plant problems ( FSCA, dry and slide mounted, ethanol).

Distribution. Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico, USA: Florida: Broward, Collier, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and St. Lucie counties ( Hodkinson 1991b, Mead 1994a, unpublished FSCA records).

Host plants. Eugenia axillaris (Sw.) Willd., E . foetida Pers. (Myrtaceae) .

Comments. This is our most commonly collected species in the genus. The insects colonize the new growth causing malformation. It is considered a pest in nurseries and tropical parks. Immatures are submerged in honeydew ( Mead 1994a).