olivina (Costa, 1839)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.280093 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5695287 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DF8633-FFB5-FFD5-42B7-FDF5FAB8E07D |
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Plazi |
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olivina (Costa, 1839) |
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Type locality: Europe.
Additional distribution: Western Mediterranean, including North Africa. Introduced in USA.
Host plant: Olea spp., but alternate hosts in California may include Elaeagnus angustifolia , and Phillyrea latifolia ( UC Riverside, CISR).
Remarks: This species is a pest of olive trees in its native range in the Mediterranean and North Africa, and was first recorded in California in 2007 ( Gill & Watson 2007). The olive psyllid aestivates during the hottest summer months resuming feeding activity after the first autumn rains. There are usually three generations per year; the second generation, around May, is associated with the flowering shoots and flower buds and may cause many flowers to abort. Large populations may retard growth of young trees. ( Hodkinson 1986; Burckhardt 1989; Ksantini et al. 2002); common name: olive psyllid.
Parasitoids and Predators: Apocharips eleaphila (Silvestri) , probably as a hyperparasitoid, and Psyllaephagus euphyllurae (Masi) . These cynipoid and encyrtid parasitoids were recorded parasitizing olive psyllid in Europe in 1951 and 1911. Other potential predators of E. olivina are Chrysoperla rufilabris (Burmeister) (lacewing, Neuroptera ) and Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant (coccinellid beetle, Coleoptera ) ( UC Riverside, CISR).
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