- Psyllidae, the
jumping plant lice or
psyllids, are a
family of
small plant-feeding
insects that tend to be very host-specific, i.e. each plant-louse species...
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African citrus psyllid. It
typically adopts a head down, tail up
posture as it
sucks sap.
Aphids are
often also
present on
citrus and
psyllids can be distinguished...
- (confirmed 2017). The tree is
susceptible to leafhoppers,
scale insects and
psyllids (specifically
Cacopsylla pulc****a) as well as
diseases including canker...
- mean
period of
production at 37.5 days ± 5.85 days (±1SE, n = 11).
Adult psyllids can live up to 67 days.
Aphalara itadori specializes in
feeding on ****anese...
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growing season, or on
crops with a
significant leaf
canopy by summer. The
psyllids are not heat
tolerant and it is
thought they
survive summer temperatures...
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Liberibacter bacteria are
carried in the
hemolymph and
salivary glands of
psyllids.
Since psyllids feed on sap, this
provides bacteria the
entry to
phloem of the...
- infections, if
detected early enough. The
Asian citrus psyllid has
alternative hosts that may
attract psyllids to
citrus plants in the
vicinity such as Murraya...
- Halbert,
Susan E.; Manjunath,
Keremane L. (September 2004). "Asian
citrus psyllids (Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae) and
greening disease of citrus: A literature...
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Journal of
Taxonomy 736: 137–182. DOI Percy,
Diana M. "
Psyllids of
economic importance". www.
psyllids.org.
Retrieved 11
November 2024.
Media related to Psylloidea...
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referred to as 'bell lerps', of
certain psyllid bugs that feed on
eucalyptus sap from the leaves. The
psyllids make
these bell
lerps from
their own honeydew...
