First record of the Australian psyllid Ctenarytaina spatulata Taylor (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in Europe

Abstract

The Australian species Ctenarytaina spatulata Taylor (

Integrated Pest Management of Eucalypt Psyllids (Insecta, Hemiptera, Psylloidea)

“…Ctenarytaina spatulata originates from southeast Australia and has been introduced into New Zealand, the USA (California), Uruguay, Brazil, Portugal and Spain (Burckhardt et al, 1999;Santana et al, 1999;Hollis, 2004;Valente et al, 2004). It was observed for the first time in Brazil in Arapoti -Paraná State in 1994, in an E. grandis plantation (Burckhardt et al, 1999).…”

“…Neither eggs nor larvae of C. spatulata have been observed on native Myrtaceae in Brazil (Santana, 2003). Valente et al (2004) found C. spatulata mostly on E. globulus, the main eucalypt species planted on the Iberian Peninsula. This eucalypt is also a major host of C. spatulata in California (Brennan et al, 2001).…”

A new introduced species ofCtenarytaina (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) damaging cultivatedEucalyptus parvula (=parvifolia) in Europe

“…Known host plant families include Myrtaceae (including Agonis, Chamaelaucium, Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, Lophostemon, Syzygium and possibly Metrosidersos), Rutaceae, Theaceae and Onagraceae. Several of the Australian Myrtaceae-feeding species, C. eucalypti (Maskell), C. longicauda Taylor, and C. spatulata Taylor, have been introduced into nurseries and plantations across the world where eucalypts are grown commercially for timber production or ornamental foliage (Taylor 1997;Burckhardt 1998;Burckhardt et al 1999;Hodkinson 1999;Olivares 2000;Purvis et al 2002;Costanzi et al 2003;Valente et al 2004;Mansilla et al 2004;Perez Otero et al 2005;Santana & Zanol 2005). Larvae at high densities are particularly damaging to young shoots and foliage.…”

Other Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha (Aleyrodidae, Phylloxeroidea, and Psylloidea) and Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha. Chapter 9.4

“…Th e two other species of Ctenarytaina have been introduced more recently. C. spatulata was fi rst reported from France and Italy (Costanzi et al 2003) and later from Portugal (Valente et al 2004) and Spain (Mansilla et al 2004), whereas C. peregrina was fi rst intercepted and described from England (Hodkinson 2007) and recently reported from France and Italy (Cocquempot and Constanzi (Unpubl.)). …”