Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama)

Inoue, Hiromitsu, 2010, The generic affiliation of Japanese species of the subfamily Psyllinae (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) with a revised checklist, Journal of Natural History 44 (5 - 6), pp. 333-360 : 345-346

Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama)

Psylla fulguralis Kuwayama 1908, p 177 ; Oshanin 1912, p 128; Aulmann 1913, p 16; Kuwayama 1943, p 507; Sasaki 1954, p 34; Miyatake 1963, p 342; 1964b, p 25; 1964c, p 124; 1965a, p 178; 1966, p 329; Baba and Miyatake 1971, p 9; Miyatake 1972a, p 13; Klimaszewski 1973, p 207 ( P. fulgularis [sic]); Miyatake 1976, p 492; 1979, p 220; 1982a, p 19; Hodkinson 1983, p 358; Kwon 1983, p 50; Hodkinson 1986, p 326; Yang 1984, p 83; Fang and Yang 1986, p 125; Konovalova 1988, p 525; Inoue and Yamauchi 2001, p 56; Matsumoto 2004, p 277. Type locality: Japan (Honshu).

Cacopsylla fulguralis: Park 1996, p 271 ; Labina 2006, p 53. In recent years this species has been introduced into various parts of Europe, in France, England, the Channel Islands, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium, and has caused serious damage to ornamental Elaeagnus species planted in parks and private gardens ( Baugnee 2003; Malumphy and Halstead 2003; Süss and Savoldelli 2003).

Distribution. Japan {Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, Kunashiri Island, Sado Island, Hachijô Island, Tsushima Islands, Yakushima Island, Ryukyus [Amami-Ôshima Island, Okinawa Island, Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, *Yonaguni Island (new record)]}, Taiwan, China, Korea, Philippines (Mindanao Island); Europe (introduced).

Host plants. Elaeagnus glabra Thunb. (Elaeagnaceae) , Elaeagnus macrophylla Thunb. and Elaeagnus pungens Thunb. in Japan ( Miyatake 1963); Elaeagnus oldhamii Maxim. in Taiwan ( Fang and Yang 1986); Elaeagnus cuprea Elm. in Philippines ( Miyatake 1972a); Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb. and Elaeagnus x ebbingei Boom. in Europe ( Malumphy and Halstead 2003).

* Two males, Mount Donan-dake , Yonaguni Island, the Ryukyus, Japan, 10 March 1995, Y. Okushima coll. ( KURA) .