A new pest of ficus in California: Macrohomotoma gladiata Kuwayama, 1908 (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Homotomidae), new to North America

By

Rung, Alessandra 1967-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-5-11

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

1882--5

Subjects

Ficus carica , Ficus microcarpa , Homotoma ficus , invasive species , new record , U.S.A.

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.3.1882

 

Abstract

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.