Ctenarytaina eucalypti, Maskell, 1890

Percy, Diana M., Rung, Alessandra & Hoddle, Mark S., 2012, An annotated checklist of the psyllids of California (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 3193, pp. 1-27 : 15

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scientific name	Ctenarytaina eucalypti
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eucalypti (Maskell, 1890) View in CoL

Type locality: Australia.

Additional distribution: Introduced in Europe, New Zealand, South America, USA.

Host plant: At least nine Eucalyptus spp. ( Burckhardt 1998), including E. pulverulenta , E. globulus in California. Remarks: First recorded in California in the 1990s ( Gill 1991, 1992); common name: blue gum psyllid. This species can have four or more generations per year.

Parasitoids: Psyllaephagus pilosus Noyes ; this introduced parasitoid is a highly effective classical biological control agent. Insecticide use for this pest was eliminated by 1994 as the parasitoids spread throughout California ( Dahlsten et al. 1998).

References

Burckhardt, D. (1998) Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell) (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) neu fur Mitteleuropa mit Bemerkungen zur Blattflohfauna von Eucalyptus. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel, 48, 59 - 67.

Dahlsten, D. L., Rowney, D. L., Copper, W. A., Tassan, R. L., Chaney, W. E., Robb, K. L., Tjosvold, S., Bianchi, M. & Lane, P. (1998) Parasitoid wasp controls blue gum psyllid. California Agriculture, 52, 31 - 34.

Gill, R. (1991) California Plant Pest and Disease Report (CPPDR), 10, 5 - 7.

Gill, R. (1992) California Plant Pest and Disease Report (CPPDR), 11, 7 - 9.