Bactericera salicivora, Reuter, 1876

Percy, Diana M., Rung, Alessandra & Hoddle, Mark S., 2012, An annotated checklist of the psyllids of California (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 3193, pp. 1-27 : 8

salicivora (Reuter, 1876)

Type locality: Europe.

Additional distribution: Widespread holoarctic species; Asia; USA, Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington; Canada, Alberta, British Columbia. Host plant: Salix spp., including S. lasiolepsis , S. exigua , S.laevigata , S. lasiandra , S. bebbiana . Remarks: This native species is sometimes considered a pest on ornamental willows in California where feeding by nymphs may cause blister-like depressions that disort the leaves ( Burckhardt & Lauterer 1997). Parasitoids: Tamarixia sp.