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Hackberry Star Gall Psyllid

Pachypsylla celtidisasterisca

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 39, February 38, March 43, April 136, May 74, June 60, July 31, August 48, September 62, October 46, November 37, December 36.
United States1,236
Texas510
Virginia174
Maryland174
New Jersey172
New York150
Delaware37
Pennsylvania21
District of Columbia16
Georgia10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyAphalaridae
GenusHackberry Gall Psyllids · Pachypsylla

Sources

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