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Acizzia Acaciae
''Acizzia'' is a genus of psyllids belonging to the monotypic subfamily Acizziinae, with a worldwide distribution; it was erected by George Heslop-Harrison in 1961.Heslop-Harrison G (1961) The Arytainini of the subfamily Psyllinae, Hemiptera-Homoptera, family Psyllidae.-II. ''Annals and magazine of natural history'', series 13. 3(31): 417–439. Species primarily feed on ''Acacia'' and ''Albizia'' species in Australia and have become widespread as their host plants are popular garden specimens. Damage to the leaves is generally mild, but economic damage on plantation species is occasionally reported. Species are monophagous or oligophagous, for example: * '' Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae'' is common on ''Acacia baileyana'', * '' Acizzia dodonaeae'' feeds on ''Dodonaea viscosa'', * ''Acizzia jamatonica'' feeds on ''Albizia julibrissin'', * '' Acizzia solanicola'' feeds on the genus ''Solanum'', * '' Acizzia uncatoides'' feeds on ''Acacia melanoxylon'' and some ''Albizia'' species. S ...
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Acizzia Acaciaebaileyanae
''Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae'' is a psyllid common on ''Acacia baileyana'', a popular garden specimen. They have also been associated with ''Acacia podalyriifolia ''Acacia podalyriifolia'' is a perennial tree which is fast-growing and widely cultivated. It is native to Australia but is also naturalised in Malaysia, Africa, India and South America. Its uses include environmental management and it is also ...''. The psyllid and its host plant are native to Australia, but both are now widespread where the plant has been introduced including New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, and California, USA. The psyllid can reproduce to very high numbers, but appears not to damage the plant. Gallery Image:Acizzia_acaciaebaileyana_nymphs_19Apr2009.png, Nymphs, note sugars being excreted Image:Acizzia_acaciaebaileyana_adults_with_sugars_28Feb2009.png, Adults, note sugars accumulating on leaf below References Psyllidae Hemiptera of Australia Insects described in 1901 {{Sterno ...
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Psyllid
Psyllidae, the jumping plant lice or psyllids, are a family of small plant-feeding insects that tend to be very host-specific, i.e. each plant-louse species only feeds on one plant species (monophagous) or feeds on a few closely related plants (oligophagous). Together with aphids, phylloxerans, scale insects and whiteflies, they form the group called Sternorrhyncha, which is considered to be the most "primitive" group within the true bugs (Hemiptera). They have traditionally been considered a single family, Psyllidae, but recent classifications divide the group into a total of seven families; the present restricted definition still includes more than 70 genera in the Psyllidae. Psyllid fossils have been found from the Early Permian before the flowering plants evolved. The explosive diversification of the flowering plants in the Cretaceous was paralleled by a massive diversification of associated insects, and many of the morphological and metabolic characters that the flowering p ...
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Acizzia Acaciae
''Acizzia'' is a genus of psyllids belonging to the monotypic subfamily Acizziinae, with a worldwide distribution; it was erected by George Heslop-Harrison in 1961.Heslop-Harrison G (1961) The Arytainini of the subfamily Psyllinae, Hemiptera-Homoptera, family Psyllidae.-II. ''Annals and magazine of natural history'', series 13. 3(31): 417–439. Species primarily feed on ''Acacia'' and ''Albizia'' species in Australia and have become widespread as their host plants are popular garden specimens. Damage to the leaves is generally mild, but economic damage on plantation species is occasionally reported. Species are monophagous or oligophagous, for example: * '' Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae'' is common on ''Acacia baileyana'', * '' Acizzia dodonaeae'' feeds on ''Dodonaea viscosa'', * ''Acizzia jamatonica'' feeds on ''Albizia julibrissin'', * '' Acizzia solanicola'' feeds on the genus ''Solanum'', * '' Acizzia uncatoides'' feeds on ''Acacia melanoxylon'' and some ''Albizia'' species. S ...
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