Calophya schini, Tuthill 1959

Percy, Diana M., Rung, Alessandra & Hoddle, Mark S., 2012, An annotated checklist of the psyllids of California (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 3193, pp. 1-27 : 12

schini Tuthill 1959

Type locality: Peru.

Additional distribution: Bolivia; introduced in Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, USA, California.

Host plant: Schinus molle .

Remarks: First recorded in California in 1984 ( Gill 1984); common name: peppertree psyllid ( Downer et al. 1988; Burckhardt 1988; Burckhardt & Bassett 2000).

ParasitoidsParasitoids: In 1987, a biological control program was initiated in California with the release of a eulophid parasitoid, Tamarixia schina Zuparko , native to Chile, which may provide satisfactory control ( Paine & Dreistadt 2007; Zuparko et al. 2011), but the effectiveness of this natural enemy to control the peppertree psyllid may be limited by high seasonal variation in psyllid populations ( Hagan & Tassan 1996).