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Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)

Psyllid, lerp, aphid or whitefly (Hemiptera, several families) species

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Overview

A good reference:

https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniahemiptera/sternorrhyncha/psyllidae-lerps-jumping-plant-lice

21 species

Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae (Cootamundra Wattle Psyllid)

Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae
Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae
Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae
Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae
Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae
Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae

Acizzia acaciaedecurrentis (Early Green Wattle Psyllid)

Acizzia acaciaedecurrentis
Acizzia acaciaedecurrentis

Adults and Nymphs
Acizzia acaciaedecurrentis

adult and eggs
Acizzia acaciaedecurrentis
Acizzia acaciaedecurrentis
Acizzia acaciaedecurrentis

Acizzia sp. (genus) (Unidentified wattle psyllid)

Acizzia sp. (genus)
Acizzia sp. (genus)
Acizzia sp. (genus)
Acizzia sp. (genus)
Acizzia sp. (genus)
Acizzia sp. (genus)

Aleurodicus sp. (genus) (Whitefly)

Aleurodicus sp. (genus)
Aleurodicus sp. (genus)
Aleurodicus sp. (genus)
Aleurodicus sp. (genus)
Aleurodicus sp. (genus)
Aleurodicus sp. (genus)

Cardiaspina albitextura (White Lace Lerp)

Cardiaspina albitextura
Cardiaspina albitextura
Cardiaspina albitextura
Cardiaspina albitextura
Cardiaspina albitextura
Cardiaspina albitextura

Cardiaspina sp. (genus) (Lace or Basket lerp)

Cardiaspina sp. (genus)
Cardiaspina sp. (genus)
Cardiaspina sp. (genus)
Cardiaspina sp. (genus)
Cardiaspina sp. (genus)
Cardiaspina sp. (genus)

Cardiaspina tenuitela (Yellow box lace lerp)

Cardiaspina tenuitela
Cardiaspina tenuitela
Cardiaspina tenuitela
Cardiaspina tenuitela
Cardiaspina tenuitela
Cardiaspina tenuitela

Creiis costatus (A lerp of eucalypts)

Creiis costatus
Creiis costatus
Creiis costatus
Creiis costatus
Creiis costatus
Creiis costatus

Creiis longipennis (Golden eucalyptus lerp)

Creiis longipennis
Creiis longipennis
Creiis longipennis
Creiis longipennis
Creiis longipennis
Creiis longipennis

Creiis sp. (genus) (Horn lerp)

Creiis sp. (genus)
Creiis sp. (genus)
Creiis sp. (genus)
Creiis sp. (genus)

Ctenarytaina sp. (Eucalyptus psyllid)

Ctenarytaina sp.

male, body length 2.1mm

Ctenarytaina sp.
Ctenarytaina sp.

male, ventral view
Ctenarytaina sp.
Ctenarytaina sp.
Ctenarytaina sp.

Glycaspis sp. (genus) (Unidentified sugary lerp)

Glycaspis sp. (genus)
Glycaspis sp. (genus)
Glycaspis sp. (genus)
Glycaspis sp. (genus)
Glycaspis sp. (genus)
Glycaspis sp. (genus)

Hyalinaspis pallidinota (Eucalyptus psyllid)

Hyalinaspis pallidinota
Hyalinaspis pallidinota
Hyalinaspis pallidinota
Hyalinaspis pallidinota

Hyalinaspis sp. (genus) (Eucalyptus psyllid)

Hyalinaspis sp. (genus)
Hyalinaspis sp. (genus)
Hyalinaspis sp. (genus)
Hyalinaspis sp. (genus)

Lasiopsylla rotundipennis (Yellowbox lerp)

Lasiopsylla rotundipennis
Lasiopsylla rotundipennis
Lasiopsylla rotundipennis
Lasiopsylla rotundipennis
Lasiopsylla rotundipennis
Lasiopsylla rotundipennis

Lasiopsylla sp. (genus) (Psyllid or Lerp insect)

Lasiopsylla sp. (genus)
Lasiopsylla sp. (genus)
Lasiopsylla sp. (genus)
Lasiopsylla sp. (genus)
Lasiopsylla sp. (genus)
Lasiopsylla sp. (genus)

Phellopsylla sp. (bark psyllid)

Phellopsylla sp.

Adult male psyllid - wing venation is diagnostic of this genus

Phellopsylla sp.

psyllid nymphs with the white flocculent honeydew they secrete
Phellopsylla sp.

A group of nymphs feeding on a Eucalyptus globoidea stem, tended by ants
Phellopsylla sp.
Phellopsylla sp.
Phellopsylla sp.

Protyora sterculiae (Kurrajong star psyllid)

Protyora sterculiae
Protyora sterculiae
Protyora sterculiae
Protyora sterculiae
Protyora sterculiae
Protyora sterculiae

Psyllidae sp. (family) (Unidentified psyllid or lerp insect)

Psyllidae sp. (family)
Psyllidae sp. (family)
Psyllidae sp. (family)
Psyllidae sp. (family)
Psyllidae sp. (family)
Psyllidae sp. (family)

Schedotrioza sp. (genus) (A gall forming psyllid)

Schedotrioza sp. (genus)
Schedotrioza sp. (genus)
Schedotrioza sp. (genus)
Schedotrioza sp. (genus)
Schedotrioza sp. (genus)
Schedotrioza sp. (genus)

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