Aphalara avicularis Ossiannilsson, 1981

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Aphalara avicularis Ossiannilsson, 1981

Aphalara avicularis Ossiannilsson, 1981: 24-25 .

Aphalara polygoni (nec Foerster, 1848): Konovalova, 1988: 507, fig. 401, 14 (misidentification); Gegechkori & Loginova, 1990: 20.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Russia (all identified as Aphalara polygoni ): Amurskaya oblast, 2 km W Selenzhinsk Vill., Persicaria sp. , 11.VII 1977, 2 ♂ (Konovalova) ( IBSS,

slide-mounted).

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Far East (Amurskaya oblast). – Europe ( Belarus, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland), South Korea.

HOST PLANT. Persicaria Mill. , Polygonum L. ( Konovalova, 1988; Gegechkori & Loginova, 1990) ( Polygonaceae ).

NOTES. Based on the material of Aphalara polygoni (IBSS) and the illustration of the distal portion of the aedeagus by Konovalova (1988: fig. 401, 14), A. avicularis has been misidentified as A. polygoni in the Russian Far East. We do not know whether the material of

Konovalova (1988) contains also A. freji Burckhardt et Lauterer, 1997 another species associated with Persicaria spp. and Polygonum spp.

Family Psyllidae Latreille, 1807

Subfamily Psyllinae Latreille, 1807