''Acizzia'' is a genus of
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 ( ...
s 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
''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...
'' and ''Albizia
''Albizia'' is a genus of more than 160 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, America and A ...
'' species in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
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
''Acacia baileyana'', commonly known as Cootamundra wattle, Bailey's wattle or golden mimosa, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales, although it has become Naturalisation (b ...
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* '' Acizzia dodonaeae'' feeds on ''Dodonaea viscosa
''Dodonaea viscosa'', also known as the broadleaf hopbush, is a species of flowering plant in the ''Dodonaea'' (hopbush) genus that has a cosmopolitan distribution in Tropics, tropical, Subtropics, subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa ...
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* ''Acizzia jamatonica'' feeds on ''Albizia julibrissin
''Albizia julibrissin'', the Persian silk tree, pink silk tree, or mimosa tree, is a species of tree in the Fabaceae family, native to Western Asia, southwestern and East Asia, eastern Asia.
Taxonomy
It was introduced to Europe in the mid-18th ...
'',Solanum
''Solanum'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solana ...
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* '' Acizzia uncatoides'' feeds on ''Acacia melanoxylon
''Acacia melanoxylon'', commonly known as the Australian blackwood, is an ''Acacia'' species native to south-eastern Australia. The species is also known as blackwood, hickory, mudgerabah, Tasmanian blackwood, or blackwood acacia. The tree belon ...
'' and some ''Albizia
''Albizia'' is a genus of more than 160 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, America and A ...
'' species.
Species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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[Global Biodiversity Information Facility: ''Acizzia'' Heslop-Harrison, 1961]
(retrieved 5 February 2025) includes:
# '' Acizzia acaciae'' - type species (as '' Psylla acaciae'' )
# '' Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae''
# '' Acizzia acaciaedealbatae''
# '' Acizzia acaciaedecurrentis''
# '' Acizzia acaciaejuniperinae''
# '' Acizzia acaciaependulae''
# '' Acizzia acaciaepycnanthae''
# '' Acizzia albizziae''
# '' Acizzia albizzialis''
# '' Acizzia albizzicola''
# '' Acizzia alternata''
# '' Acizzia amyemae''
# '' Acizzia apicalis''
# '' Acizzia beieri''
# '' Acizzia bicavata''
# '' Acizzia bicolorata''
# '' Acizzia bona''
# '' Acizzia cajanae''
# '' Acizzia candida''
# '' Acizzia capparis''
# '' Acizzia carmichaeliae''
# '' Acizzia casuarinae''
# '' Acizzia chebalingana''
# '' Acizzia complana''
# '' Acizzia conspicua''
# '' Acizzia convector''
# '' Acizzia credoensis''
# '' Acizzia dalbergiae''
# '' Acizzia dalbergicola''
# '' Acizzia dealbotae''
# '' Acizzia didyma''
# '' Acizzia dodonaeae''
# '' Acizzia ehretioides''
# '' Acizzia ensifolia''
# '' Acizzia errabunda''
# '' Acizzia exculta''
# '' Acizzia exquisita''
# '' Acizzia frenchi''
# '' Acizzia gracilis''
# '' Acizzia hakeae''
# '' Acizzia halperini''
# '' Acizzia hirsuticauda''
# '' Acizzia hollisi''
# '' Acizzia huangi''
# '' Acizzia hughesae''
# '' Acizzia immaculata''
# '' Acizzia indica''
# '' Acizzia jamatonica''
# '' Acizzia jucunda''
# '' Acizzia kalkorae''
# '' Acizzia karrooensis''
# '' Acizzia keithi''
# '' Acizzia lanceolatae''
# '' Acizzia lemurica''
# '' Acizzia lidgetti''
# '' Acizzia loranthacae''
# '' Acizzia maculata''
# '' Acizzia marginata''
# '' Acizzia mccarthyi''
# '' Acizzia melanocephala''
# '' Acizzia miraculosa''
# '' Acizzia nestor''
# '' Acizzia novaeguineae''
# '' Acizzia obscura''
# '' Acizzia pendulae''
# '' Acizzia preissiae''
# '' Acizzia quandang''
# '' Acizzia russellae''
# '' Acizzia sasakii''
# '' Acizzia schizoneuroides''
# '' Acizzia solanicola''
# '' Acizzia taylorii''
# '' Acizzia uncatoides''
# '' Acizzia unioniseta''
# '' Acizzia veski''
# '' Acizzia virgata''
# '' Acizzia wittmeri''
# '' Acizzia yeni''
References
External links
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Psyllidae
Psylloidea genera
Insects described in 1961