Biology:Psylla buxi
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Short description: Species of true bug
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Psyllidae |
| Genus: | Psylla |
| Species: | P. buxi
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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]
References
- ↑ "Psylla buxi (Linnaeus, 1758)". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/51be16db-affd-40a0-b4a0-46b33a012fea.
- ↑ "Psylla buxi species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/212a593190d7cc9fc70bbc9d61cad841.
- ↑ "Species Psylla buxi - Boxwood Psyllid". https://bugguide.net/node/view/1074512.
- ↑ Chinery, Michael (2011). Britain's Plant Galls. Old Basing, Hampshire: WildGuides Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 978-190365743-0.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=DKzAmSDdLtsC.
- Ouvrard, D. (2013). Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database. Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/0029634.
- Tucker, E.M. (2021). "Ghost in your bushes? Case of the rustling boxwoods". Bug.News. https://bug.news/blog/boxwood/.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10645270 entry
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