Triozidae
| Triozidae | |
|---|---|
| Trioza adventicia, showing the trifurcation in wing veins | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Psylloidea |
| Family: | Triozidae Löw, 1879 |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhinopsyllidae | |
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