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Psylla

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Psylla
Psylla alni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Psyllidae
Subfamily:	Psyllinae
Genus:	Psylla Geoffroy, 1762
Diversity
at least 110 species

Psylla (from the Greek psulla, meaning flea) is a genus of sap-sucking insects belonging to the order Hemiptera. There are at least 110 described species in Psylla.^[1][2][3] Species within the genus feed on various host plants.

Some harmful species commonly known as flies belong to neighbouring genera, such as Cacopsylla (which includes most of the pyslla harmful to fruit trees), the Albizia fly (Acizzia jamatonica, from the Psyllidae family) and the laurel fly (Trioza alacris).

• Psylla alni feeds on alders
• Psylla apicalis feeds on kōwhai trees^[4]
• 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^[4]
• Psylla oblonga feeds on Albizia odoratissima
• Psylla pyri feeds on European pear trees

• List of Psylla species

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