Cacopsylla melanoneura

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
male
female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Psyllidae
Genus: Cacopsylla
Species:
C. melanoneura
Binomial name
Cacopsylla melanoneura
Foerster, 1848

References

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  1. ^ Ossiannilsson, F. (1992). "The Psylloidea (Homoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark". Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. 26. E.J. Brill.
  2. ^ 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.