Triozidae
Sign in to savethumb|Phylloplecta tripunctata nymphs on underside of leaf of Rubus Triozidae is one of seven families, collectively referred to as plant lice, based on the type genus Trioza. They had traditionally been considered part of a single family, Psyllidae, but recent classifications divide the superfamily into a total of seven families; most of the genera remain in the Psyllidae, but Triozidae is the third-largest family in the group.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHemiptera
- FamilyTriozidae
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thumb|Phylloplecta tripunctata nymphs on underside of leaf of Rubus Triozidae is one of seven families, collectively referred to as plant lice, based on the type genus Trioza. They had traditionally been considered part of a single family, Psyllidae, but recent classifications divide the superfamily into a total of seven families; most of the genera remain in the Psyllidae, but Triozidae is the third-largest family in the group.
The family contains a number of agricultural pest species including: Baeoalitriozus diospyri, the persimmon psyllid Bactericera cockerelli, the potato psyllid Lauritrioza alacris, infesting bay trees and their relatives Trioza erytreae, the African citrus psyllid