Cacopsylla melanoneura is an insect of the Psyllidae family. It mainly feeds on Hawthorn.[1] The insect will also feed on apple trees and is considered the main vector of the phytoplasma disease "Ca. Phytoplasma mali" (Apple Proliferation) in northwestern Italy.[2]
Cacopsylla melanoneura | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Psyllidae |
Genus: | Cacopsylla |
Species: | C. melanoneura
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Binomial name | |
Cacopsylla melanoneura Foerster, 1848
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References
edit- ^ Ossiannilsson, F. (1992). "The Psylloidea (Homoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark". Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 26. E.J. Brill.
- ^ Tedeschi, R.; Visentin, C.; Alma, A.; Bosco, D. (2003). "Epidemiology of apple proliferation (AP) in northwestern Italy: evaluation of the frequency of AP-positive psyllids in naturally infected populations of Cacopsylla melanoneura (Homoptera Psyllidae)". Annals of Applied Biology. 142 (285–290): 285–290. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00252.x.