Open AccessA new pest of ficus in California: Macrohomotoma gladiata Kuwayama, 1908 (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Homotomidae), new to North America
Author(s) -
Alessandra Rung
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1809-127X
DOI - 10.15560/12.3.1882
Subject(s) - sternorrhyncha , psylloidea , hemiptera , ficus , pest analysis , biology , botany , homoptera
A new psyllid pest of ficus, Macrohomotoma gladiata (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea), is reported for the first time from North America (California, U.S.A.). Notes on another adventive psyllid species that has been collected from ficus in California, Homotoma ficus , are given, together with a list diagnostic features that separate between M. gladiata and H. ficus .
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