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Mesohomotoma hibisci

Hibiscus Psyllid

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Hibiscus Psyllid

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Pacific, incl. Cooks - Societies

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, lowlands (on Hibiscus)

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest

KEY FEATURES: Tiny jumping insect to 5mmBL incl. wings. WINGS clear, with dark veins. HEAD orange with white dorsolateral ridge; eyes large; antennae white with dark bands. THORAX orange with white dorsolateral ridge. ABDOMEN green.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
++++

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Mesohomotoma hibisci (Froggatt, 1901)
SYNONYMS: Tyora hibisci Froggatt, 1901; Udamostigma hibisci (Enderlein, 1910)

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hemiptera; Sternorrhyncha; Psylloidea; CARSIDARIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen+photo, Tupapa garden, 4/2005, G.McCormack, initial ID from image by Pam Dale (Auckand) as Mesohomotoma hibisci.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB05a, zM05a, zD05a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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