Psylla buxi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Psyllidae
Genus: Psylla
Species:
P. buxi
Binomial name
Psylla buxi
(Linné, 1758)[1]
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Psylla (Asphagidella) buxi (Linné, 1758)
    • Chermes buxi Linné, 1758
    • Psyllia buxi (Linné, 1758)
    • Asphagidella buxi (Linné, 1758)

Psylla buxi, known generally as the boxwood psyllid or box sucker, is a species of plant-parasitic hemipteran in the family Psyllidae. It is native to Europe and introduced to North America.[3]

The psyllid causes cabbage-like leaf clusters, known as galls at the tips of box shoots. The leaves are slightly thicker and strongly concave, and in the summer conceal many pale green nymphs, which are coated with white wax.[4]

Boxwood psyllid, (Psylla buxi)
Galls on common box

References

  1. ↑ "Psylla buxi (Linnaeus, 1758)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Psylla buxi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Species Psylla buxi - Boxwood Psyllid". BugGuide. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Chinery, Michael (2011). Britain's Plant Galls. Old Basing, Hampshire: WildGuides Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 978-190365743-0.

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