Diaphorina citri

TaxID: 121845

Basic Information

Diaphorina citri

Asian Citrus Psyllid, Asian citrus psyllid

Diaphorina citri, the Asian citrus psyllid, is a sap-sucking, hemipteran bug now in the taxonomic family Liviidae. It is one of two confirmed vectors of citrus greening disease. It has a wide distribution in southern Asia and has spread to other citrus growing regions.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Psyllidae

Diaphorina

citri

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Sandra H Statner@BY
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(c) C. Mallory@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Adults are brownish, 1.53–2.06 mm long, with greyish-white head and genal processes, red-brown eyes, and antennae with dark-tipped segments. Forewings are hyaline with an irregular maculation pattern, 2.4× as long as wide, lacking a distinct pterostigma. Hind wings are slender, 0.9× forewing length. Abdomen black dorsally, greenish-white ventrally. Eggs are elongate oval, 0.31 × 0.15 mm, light yellow turning orange with red eye spots at maturity. First-instar nymphs are yellowish, elongate, with 2-segmented antennae and 7 pairs of marginal sectasetae.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult / Egg / First-instar nymph Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi Taxonomic Treatment

Host Plants (40 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (57 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Australia Quarantine pests —
Austria Quarantine pests 2019
Belgium Unknow 2019
Bulgaria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II A) 2019
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
Switzerland A1 list 2019
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Cyprus Quarantine pests 2019
Czechia Quarantine pests 2019
Germany Unknow 2019
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Distribution (81 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

73
Present
6
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Afghanistan Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Argentina Present —
American Samoa Present —
Australia Absent
Belgium Absent —
Benin Present —
Bangladesh Present —
Bahamas Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (7 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_000475195.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_044336275.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCA_030643865.1 Chromosome - - - -
GCA_024506325.2 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_024506315.3 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_024506275.2 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_000475195.1 Scaffold 485 34 109 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR37405045 ovary larva female 41745346 not collected
SRR37405044 ovary larva female 38753372 not collected
SRR37405043 ovary larva female 43856047 not collected

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature