Aphalaridae

Sternorrhyncha • Hemiptera • insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Glycaspis brimblecombei genal cones.
Author: Bruno Espinosa
Source: Open Media

Aphalaridae

The family belongs to the superfamily of Psylloidea and contains more than 600 species. The members are characterized by an open crown of sclerotised apical spurs on the adult metatibia (Burckhardt & Ouvrard, 2012).

For beneficial weed bioagents see Aphalaridae (weed bioagents).

The following genera are currently entered under Aphalaridae:

• Agonoscena (genus)
• Blastopsylla occidentalis
• Ctenarytaina (genus)
• Glycaspis (genus)