Biology:Pachypsylla celtidisvesiculum

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Short description: North American insect species

Pachypsylla celtidisvesiculum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Aphalaridae
Genus: Pachypsylla
Species:
P. celtidisvesiculum
Binomial name
Pachypsylla celtidisvesiculum
(Riley, 1890)

Pachypsylla celtidisvesiculum, commonly called the hackberry blistergall psyllid, is a species of aphalarid psyllid found in North America. The nymphs of this species forms blister-like galls on the leaves of various hackberries (Celtis spp.) throughout its range.[1]

It closely related to the more common hackberry nipplegall psyllid (Pachypsylla celtidismamma), which it strongly resembles as an adult.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10614785 entry