Mesohomotomahibisci (Froggatt)

Cadwell, J. S., 1942, Psyllidae from Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 172, pp. 20-22 : 21

3. Mesohomotomahibisci (Froggatt) .

Tyora hibisci Froggatt , Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Proc. 26: 287, pl. 15, fig. 8, pl. 16, fig. 18, 1902.

Mesohomotonia hibisci (Froggatt) Crawford , Ins. Samoa 2 (1): 30, 1927.

Piti, April 30, Swezey and Usinger ; Mt. Alifan, May 21, Swezey and Usinger ; Machanao, June 30, Aug. 6, Swezey ; Barrigada, July 22, Swezey ; Ritidian Pt., Aug. 6, Swezey , all collected on Hibiscus tiliaceus leaves. Infestations by this psyllid noted on same tree at Inarajan , June 8; Fadian, Aug. 19; Yigo, Oct. 21. Collected by Fullaway in 1911 .

Described from Brisbane, Australia, where it occurred on Hibiscus tiliaceus , collected by Tryon. In the collection of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association are some specimens collected on Hibiscus at Suva, Fiji, Dec: 12, 1904, probably by Perkins. The species is also recorded from New Caledonia and Tahiti. In Guam, growing leaves of Hibiscus tiliaceus are infested, and the young insects are hidden by considerable white flocculent waxy material. Commonly found in all places. They are preyed on by larvae of a lacewing fly and a syrphid fly.