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Species Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor, 1985

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Species Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor, 1985

  • Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor, K.L. 1985. Australian psyllids: a new genus of Ctenarytainini (Homoptera: Psylloidea) on Eucalyptus, with nine new species. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24: 17-30 [22].
    Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♂ (slide), [14 miles] SW of Port Hedland, WA.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced into New Zealand, Hong Kong, Kenya, USA (California and Hawai'i), Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Paraguay.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales
    • Queensland
    • South Australia
    • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: free-living, sap-sucker (associated flora: Eucalyptus microtheca F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus rudis Endl. [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC. [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus oleosa F.Muell. ex. Miq. [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus forrestiana Diels [MYRTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

On Eucalyptus microtheca, E. rudis, E. gomphocephala and E. camaldulensis in WA E. ?platypus and E. oleosa in SA, E. forrestiana in NSW, and E.?microneura in QLD; also E. nicholii in New Zealand; E. tereticornis in Hong Kong; E. camaldulensis and E. saligna in Kenya; E. spathulata in California, USA; E. globulus in Chile; and Eucalyptus spp. in Hawai'i, Mexico, Brazil and Paraguay.

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. & Uchida, G.K. 2002. Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor (Homoptera: Psyllidae), a new pest of Eucalyptus in Hawaii. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 35: 155

Burckhardt, D. & Elgueta, M. 2000. Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a new introduced eucalypt pest in Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomología 26: 57-61

Burckhardt, D., Santana, D.L.Q., Terra, A.L., de Andrade, F.M., Penteado, S.R.C., Iede, E.T. & Morey, C.S. 1999. Psyllid pests (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) in South American eucalypt plantations. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft / Bulletin of the Société Entomologique Suisse 72: 1-10 [4]