Aphalaridae (weed bioagents)

Sternorrhyncha (against weeds) • insects • weed bioagents • Beneficials/natural enemies

Boreioglycaspis melaleucae (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Susan Wineriter, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Source: IPM Images

Aphalaridae (weed bioagents)

The family belongs to the superfamily of Psylloidea and contains more than 600 species. Boreioglycaspis melaleucae has been successfully introduced into North America in 2002 against the invasive weed Melaleuca quinquenervia. The members of Aphalaridae are characterized by an open crown of sclerotised apical spurs on the adult metatibia (Burckhardt & Ouvrard, 2012).

For pest species see Aphalaridae (pests).

The following genera and individual species are currently entered as weed bioagents under this family:

• Boreioglycaspis melaleucae (weed bioagent)