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Diaphorina is an Old World genus of sap-sucking bugs, typical of the subfamily Diaphorininae. It includes an important pest of citrus: the Asian citrus psyllid, D. citri.

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monotypic taxon
Parent taxon
Psyllidae
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taxon name
Diaphorina
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genus
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Category:Diaphorina
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Diaphorina
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Diaphorina is an Old World genus of sap-sucking bugs, typical of the subfamily Diaphorininae. It includes an important pest of citrus: the Asian citrus psyllid, D. citri.

==Species== The genus contains some 68 to 74 species. The Catalogue of Life lists: Diaphorina acokantherae Diaphorina aegyptiaca Diaphorina albomaculata Diaphorina amoena Diaphorina bicolor Diaphorina bikanerensis Diaphorina brevicornis Diaphorina brevigena Diaphorina carissae Diaphorina chobauti Diaphorina citri Diaphorina clutiae Diaphorina communis Diaphorina continua Diaphorina dakariensis Diaphorina dunensis Diaphorina elegans Diaphorina enderleini Diaphorina enormis Diaphorina ericae Diaphorina euryopsi Diaphorina fabulosa Diaphorina florea Diaphorina fusca Diaphorina guttulata Diaphorina gymnosporiae Diaphorina harteni Diaphorina helichrysi Diaphorina lamproptera Diaphorina leptadeniae Diaphorina linnavuorii Diaphorina loranthi Diaphorina luteola Diaphorina lycii Diaphorina minor Diaphorina multimaculata Diaphorina natalensis Diaphorina petteyi Diaphorina porrigogena Diaphorina punctipennis Diaphorina punctulata Diaphorina pusilla Diaphorina putonii Diaphorina quadramaculata Diaphorina rubra Diaphorina similis Diaphorina solani Diaphorina tenebrosa Diaphorina truncata Diaphorina tryoni Diaphorina typica Diaphorina valens Diaphorina venata Diaphorina virgata Diaphorina zebrana

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