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
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced into New Zealand, Hong Kong, Kenya, USA (California and Hawai'i), Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Paraguay.
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 forrestiana Diels, 1904 [MYRTACEAE] Fuchsia Gum; Eucalyptus oleosa F.Muell. ex. Miq. [MYRTACEAE] Giant Mallee; Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., 1832 [MYRTACEAE] River Red Gum; Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC., 1828 [MYRTACEAE] Tuart; Eucalyptus microtheca F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus rudis Endl. [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., 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]
Burckhardt, D. & Elgueta, M. 2000. Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a new introduced eucalypt pest in Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomología 26: 57-61
Martinez, G. Gómez, D. & Taylor, G.S. 2014. First record of the Australian psyllid Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) from Uraguay. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 138(2): 231-236
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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17-Nov-2022 | PSYLLOIDEA Latreille, 1807 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
08-Dec-2014 | PSYLLOIDEA Latreille, 1807 | 16-Oct-2021 | MODIFIED | |
08-Dec-2014 | PSYLLIDAE | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
08-Dec-2014 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
08-Dec-2014 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
08-Dec-2014 | 15-Oct-2012 | MOVED | ||
17-Oct-2012 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
29-Jun-2012 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
29-Jun-2012 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED |