Biology:Psylla buxi

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Short description: Species of true bug

Psylla buxi
Psylla buxi.01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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]

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

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10645270 entry