Tyora ornata (Kirkaldy)

Cadwell, J. S., 1942, Psyllidae from Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 172, pp. 20-22 : 21

2. Tyora ornata (Kirkaldy) .

Nesiope ornata Kirkaldy , Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Proc. 33: 390, fig. 5, 1908. Crawford, Philip. Jour. Sci. 15 (2): 161, 1919.

Tyora ornata (Kirkaldy) Crawford , Ins. Samoa 2(1): 30, 1927.

Described from Fiji without mention of host plant, but a later record from Fiji (1922) states that it was "feeding on the underside of the leaves of Heritiera littoralis ." This species has also been recorded from Borneo. The Guam material (28 specimens) was all collected from the leaves of Heritiera littoralis , a tree growing near the shore along the road to Sumay , June 21, and July 15, Swezey . This is another widespread tree in the Pacific, and no doubt this psyllid will be found more widely distributed by future collecting. It was being preyed on by larvae of a lacewing fly.