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Asiatic citrus psyllid
Diaphorina citri Kuwayana (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae)

Status
Exotic (absent from Australia) High Impact Pest Species

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Caption: Specimen Locality Label: East Timor KAB DILI, 30 Jan 2000, G. Bellis, ex sweeping Fortunella japonica (AQIS, Darwin)

Source: Ken Walker Museum Victoria

Adult 3 to 4 mm long; body brown mottled; head light brown; forewing broadest apical half, mottled, and with brown band extending around periphery of outer half of wing, the band slightly interrupted near apex; antennae with black tip and two small light brown spots on middle segments; living insect covered with whitish, waxy secretion, making it appear dusty.

Specimen contact point: AQIS - Darwin

Citation: Walker, K. (2007) Asiatic citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) Pest and Diseases Image Library. Updated on 12/22/2007 10:17:51 PM. Available online: http://www.padil.gov.au

Created Date: 5/27/2005 4:28:03 PM

Last Updated: 12/22/2007 10:17:51 PM

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