Glycaspis (genus)

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Glycaspis brimblecombei adult female.
Author: Bruno Espinosa
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Glycaspis Taylor, 1960

This genus of psyllids contains more than 100 species, most of them found in Australia and feeding on Eucalyptus species. They induce galls or lerps (structures formed from excretions by the insect). The adults are less than 10 mm long.

The genus used to be classified under the Spondyliaspidae. It is now part of the family Aphalaridae, subfamily Spondyliaspidinae (Burckhardt and Ouvrard, 2012)


Currently, the following species have been entered into the system: