Psylla buxi, known generally as the boxwood psyllid or box sucker, is a species of plant-parasitic hemipteran in the family Psyllidae. It is native to Europe and introduced to North America.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Psyllidae |
| Genus: | Psylla |
| Species: | P. buxi
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The psyllid causes cabbage-like leaf clusters, known as galls at the tips of box shoots. The leaves are slightly thicker and strongly concave, and in the summer conceal many pale green nymphs, which are coated with white wax.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Psylla buxi (Linnaeus, 1758)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Psylla buxi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Species Psylla buxi - Boxwood Psyllid". BugGuide. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Chinery, Michael (2011). Britain's Plant Galls. Old Basing, Hampshire: WildGuides Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 978-190365743-0.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Ouvrard, D. (2013). "Psyl'list - The World Psylloidea Database". Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/0029634.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Tucker, E.M. (2021). "Ghost in your bushes? Case of the rustling boxwoods". Bug.News.
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