Phylloplecta tripunctata (Fitch, 1851)

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 : 67-69

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4564694

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4586033

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C23E8784-FF95-FFE7-5FA7-99B1298C4E04

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scientific name

Phylloplecta tripunctata (Fitch, 1851)
status

 

Phylloplecta tripunctata (Fitch, 1851) View in CoL

Materials examined. USA: Florida: Specimens from Alachua, Gilchrist, Hamilton, and Nassau counties ( FSCA, dry mounted, ethanol).

Diagnosis. Separated from other Florida psyllids as indicated in the generic key above.

Distribution. Eastern North America ( Hodkinson 1988).

Host plants. Rubus L. spp. ( Rosaceae ).

Comments. This species can be found on Florida weedy blackberries (e.g. Rubus cuneifolius Pursh , Rosaceae ), where it produces a large dense “head” on the end of the stem, consisting of tightly curled tiny leaves full of immatures ( Mead 1966b).

Trioza Foerster, 1848

FSCA

Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Psylloidea

Family

Triozidae

SubFamily

Aphalarinae

Genus

Phylloplecta

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