Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea), tipu psyllid, new to North America

Authors

• Alessandra Rung, California Department of Food & AgricultureFollow
• Gevork Arakelian, Department of Agricultural Commissioner, Weights & Measures, Los Angeles County, CA
• Ray Gill, California Department of Food & AgricultureFollow
• Nick Nisson, Department of Agricultural Commissioner, Sealer of Weights & Measures, Orange County, CA

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

9-25-2009

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi 0097: 1-5. Published in 2009 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

The tipu psyllid, Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea), is reported for the first time in North America (USA: California). Diagnostic characters for identification of adults and nymphs, host and damage data, and known distribution are given.