Phellopsylla sp. (bark psyllid)

This is a free living psyllid, i.e. the nymph does not make a lerp covering its body. It does exude a white, flocculent honeydew which covers the most of its body, but is concentrated around the rear end. The nymphs live on the stems of small trees, rather than leaves. We find them on branches of young Eucalyptus globoidea trees. Ants swarm over the nymphs, collecting the honeydew they secrete. This genus has a characteristic pattern of wing venation, shown in Tutthall and Taylor (1955) Australian Journal of Zoology 3: 227.


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Adult male psyllid - wing venation is diagnostic of this genus
psyllid nymphs with the white flocculent honeydew they secrete
A group of nymphs feeding on a Eucalyptus globoidea stem, tended by ants

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