Trioza magnoliae (Ashmead, 1881)

Materials examined. USA: Florida: Specimens from Collier, Franklin, Lake, Miami-Dade, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and St. Lucie counties (FSCA, dry and slide mounted, ethanol).

Diagnosis. Description by Tuthill (1943). Separated from other Florida psyllids as indicated in the keys above.

Distribution. Mexico, USA (FL, GA) (Hodkinson 1988).

Host plants. Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng., P. palustris (Raf.) Sarg. (Lauraceae) .

Comments. This species, widely distributed in Florida, induces pouch galls on Persea borbonia and Persea palustris (Mead 1963) . Although the insect was named after sweetbay, Magnolia virginiana L. ( Magnoliaceae), this is an unlikely host. It is possible that Ashmead (1881) confused one of the Persea species with M. virginiana (Mead 1963) . Significantly, T. magnoliae does not colonize Persea americana Mill. (avocado).