Psylla

For the town of ancient Bithynia in Asia Minor, see Psylla (Bithynia).

Psylla (from the Greek psulla, meaning flea) is the type genus of sap-sucking insects in the family Psyllidae. There are at least 110 described species in Psylla.^[2][3][4] Species within the genus feed on various host plants.

Psylla
Psylla alni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Psyllidae
Subfamily:	Psyllinae
Genus:	Psylla Geoffroy, 1762
Diversity
at least 110 species
Synonyms[1]
Asphagis Enderlein, 1921 Baeopelma syn. nov. Chamaepsylla syn. nov. Psylla (Labyrinthopsylla) syn. nov.

Psylla carpinicola

Some agricultural pests, previously placed here, are now in related genera, such as Cacopsylla (which includes at least two species harmful to fruit trees); other revised species names include the "Albizia fly" (Acizzia jamatonica, in the same family) and the laurel fly (Trioza alacris in the family Triozidae).

Selected species and hosts

• Psylla alni feeds on alders: this is the type species (as Chermes alni Linnaeus, 1758)
• Psylla apicalis feeds on kōwhai trees^[5]
• Psylla betulae feeds on birches
• Psylla buxi feeds on box (Buxus species)
• Psylla cordata feeds on limes (Tilia species)
• Psylla frodobagginsi feeds on kōwhai trees^[5]
• Psylla oblonga feeds on Albizia odoratissima

See also

• List of Psylla species