Acizzia uncatoides, Ferris and Klyver, 1932

Percy, Diana M., Rung, Alessandra & Hoddle, Mark S., 2012, An annotated checklist of the psyllids of California (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), Zootaxa 3193, pp. 1-27 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.280093
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5695120
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scientific name	Acizzia uncatoides
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uncatoides (Ferris and Klyver, 1932) View in CoL

Type locality: New Zealand (but not native there).

Additional distribution: Native in Australia; introduced in Chile, Colombia, Europe, Guadeloupe, Mexico, USA. Host plant: Acacia and Albizia species, ( Jensen 1957b; Munro 1965; Burckhardt 1989). Remarks: First recorded in California in 1954 ( Jensen 1957b; Beardsley et al. 1995). Predators: Diomus pumilio (Weise) (black lady beetle, Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ), Anthocoris nemoralis (Fabricius) (pirate bug, Hemiptera : Anthocoridae ) ( Dreistadt et al. 2004). Six predaceous insect species have been introduced into California to control Acizzia uncatoides ( Dreistadt & Hagen 1994) .

Amorphicola Heslop-Harrison

amorphae (Mally, 1894)

Type locality: USA, Iowa.

Additional distribution: USA, California, Florida, Nebraska.

Host plant: Amorpha canescens , A. fruticosa .

Parasitoids: Jensen (1957a) recorded this species in California, and published two associated encyrtid parasitoids, Cheiloneurus sp. and Psyllaephagus sp., but he noted that Cheiloneurus are primarily associated (as hyperparasitoids) with soft scales ( Coccidae ) and may be secondary Parasitoids of psyllids.

Aphalara Foerster curta Caldwell, 1937

Type locality: USA, Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

Additional distribution: Canada, Alberta.

Host plant: Unknown, possibly Polygonum sp.