The psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of Florida: newly established and rarely collected taxa and checklist
Author
Halbert, Susan E.
Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, P. O. Box 147100, Gainesville, Florida 32614 - 7100 USA
Author
Burckhardt, Daniel
Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinergasse 2, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
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Insecta Mundi
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Amorphicola amorphae
(
Mally, 1894
)
Materials examined.
USA
:
Florida
: Specimens from Duval, Hamilton, Highlands, and Volusia counties (
FSCA
, dry and slide mounted, ethanol, dry-preserved pitted stems).
Diagnosis.
Description by
Tuthill (1943
, as
Arytaina amorphae
). Differs from other psyllids in
Florida
as indicated in the generic key above.
Distribution.
USA
(FL, IA, NE) (
Hodkinson 1988
).
Host plants.
Amorpha
L. spp. (
Fabaceae
).
Comments.
This is a rare species in
Florida
. We have few
Florida
collections. The immatures produce pit galls in the stems of the plant. See comments above under
Acizzia jamatonica
for separation of these two superficially similar species.
*
Cacopsylla
Ossiannilsson, 1970
Comments.
No species are known from
Florida
, but the genus is included in the key because some species in this genus are significant pests, and there is risk of establishment in
Florida
. For example,
Cacopsylla tobirae
(Miyatake, 1964)
, the pittosporum psyllid, has been intercepted in
Florida
(FSCA# E2015-1748).
Pittosporum
is a popular and lucrative ornamental plant.
Psylla
Geoffray, 1762