Species Acizzia exquisita (Tuthill, 1952)
- Psylla (Acizzia) exquisita Tuthill, L.D. 1952. On the Psyllidae of New Zealand (Homoptera). Pacific Science 6: 83-125 [90].
Type data:
Holotype NZAC ♂ (dry), Palmerston North, Massey Agric. College, New Zealand.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
SE Australia, also New Zealand (original description).
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: free-living, sap-sucker (associated flora: Acacia decurrens Willd. [MIMOSACEAE]; Acacia obliquinervia Tindale [MIMOSACEAE]; Acacia melanoxylon R.Br [MIMOSACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
On Acacia decurrens in New Zealand, and A. obliquinerva and A. melanoxylon in SE Australia.
General References
Loginova, M.M. 1977. A classification of the subfamily Arytaininae Crawf. (Homoptera, Psyllidae). 2. A review of the genera of the tribe Cyamophilini. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 56: 577-587 [in Russian, English translation, Entomol. Rev. Washington 56: 64-71] [577]
Yen, A.L. 1980. The taxonomy and comparative ecology of selected psyllids (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psylloidea) on Acacia species (Mimosaceae). Unpublished PhD Thesis, Zoology Department, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria. 465 pp. [274, 291] (in Psylla)