Common pests of psyllids and whiteflies ( Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Aleyrodoidea) infesting orchard trees in Egypt.

Document Type : Original Article

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Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

The present review includes psyllids infested orchards trees in Egypt. Six species was recorded. These species  are olive psyllid, Euphyllura straminea Loginova (Psyllidae), Saycamora fig psyllid, Pauropsylla trichaeta Petty (Triozidae), Eucalyptus psyllid, Blastopsylla occidentalis (Taylor) (Psyllidae) Craspedolepta heslopharrisoni (Samy) (Psyllidae) and two citrus psyllids,  Diaphorina aegyptiaca Puton (Psyllidae) and Trioza sp. (Triozidae).This reviewalso  includes three species of whiteflies which infest orchards trees in Egypt. They are pomegranat whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday), citrus whitefly, Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead) and bayberry whitefly, Parabemisia myricae (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae).

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