Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)

This category covers the Sternorrhyncha, one of the four suborders of the large order Hemiptera (bugs). It contains the Aphids (Aphidoidea) with 3 families and 169 species in Australia, most of which are introduced; the Jumping plant lice or Psyllids or Lerp insects (Psylloidea), very diverse with 6 families and over 400 species; and the Whiteflies (Aleyrodidae) with 119 species. The scale insects (Coccoidea), with 21 families and 854 species, are also classified here, but currently have their own category in NatureMapr.

The majority of Australian Psylloidea species - about 350 - are now classified in the families Aphalaridae and Triozidae.

References

Hollis, David 2004. Australian Psylloidea: jumping plantlice and lerp insects. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra

https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniahemiptera/sternorrhyncha/psyllidae-lerps-jumping-plant-lice

Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)

Featured sightings

Spondyliaspis plicatuloides (Shell Lerps) at Dunlop, ACT - 25 Aug 2024 by kasiaaus

Psyllidae sp. (family) at ANBG - 17 Apr 2024 by TimL

Latest sightings

Glycaspis sp. (genus) at Carwoola, NSW by clarehoneydove

Psyllidae sp. (family) (Unidentified psyllid or lerp insect) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus

Unidentified Psyllid, lerp, aphid or whitefly (Hemiptera, several families) at Lyneham, ACT by citycritters

Glycaspis sp. (genus) at Campbell, ACT by Hejor1

Cardiaspina sp. (genus) (Lace or Basket lerp) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus

Glycaspis sp. (genus) at Bandiana, VIC by KylieWaldon

Glycaspis sp. (genus) at Wodonga, VIC by KylieWaldon

Glycaspis sp. (genus) at Cotter River, ACT by Montane

Glycaspis sp. (genus) (Unidentified sugary lerp) at Higgins, ACT by AlisonMilton

Glycaspis sp. (genus) at Higgins, ACT by AlisonMilton

Glycaspis sp. (genus) at McKellar, ACT by AlisonMilton

Glycaspis sp. (genus) at Fraser, ACT by AlisonMilton

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

6 Jan 2025

Possibly Cardiaspina densitexta

Cardiaspina sp. (genus)

kasiaaus wrote:

31 Dec 2024

I agree that the iNat photos of the Cardiaspina psyllids look very similar.

Cardiaspina sp. (genus)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

31 Dec 2024

Cardiaspina?

Cardiaspina sp. (genus)

Tapirlord wrote:

30 Dec 2024

A eucalypt gall of some description

Glycaspis sp. (genus)

owenh wrote:

6 Nov 2024

I don't know what insect species these may belong to. They're certainly not Delias butterfly eggs which are bottle-shaped and longitudinally ribbed nor the eggs of any other species of butterfly I'm aware of.

Aphididae (family)