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Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)

Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)

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This category covers the Sternorrhyncha, one of the four suborders of the large order Hemiptera (bugs). It contains the Aphids (Aphidoidea) with 3 families and 169 species in Australia, most of which are introduced; the Jumping plant lice or Psyllids or Lerp insects (Psylloidea), very diverse with 6 families and over 400 species; and the Whiteflies (Aleyrodidae) with 119 species. The scale insects (Coccoidea), with 21 families and 854 species, are also classified here, but currently have their own category in NatureMapr.

The majority of Australian Psylloidea species - about 350 - are now classified in the families Aphalaridae and Triozidae.

References

Hollis, David 2004. Australian Psylloidea: jumping plantlice and lerp insects. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra

 

https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniahemiptera/sternorrhyncha/psyllidae-lerps-jumping-plant-lice

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Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:
53 min ago
Also saw today 4 June 2025, Eastern Rosellas using similar method of feeding on aphids and their excrement and also Noisy Miners using different feeding technique of picking off individual aphids.
Myzocallis (genus)
Mike wrote:
27 May 2025
Photo of winged adult added.
Myzocallis (genus)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
24 May 2025
Yep an introduced species that many feeds on Apocynaceae - would be good if it also had some impact on Vinca and Oxypetalum, but alas not
Aphis nerii
kasiaaus wrote:
30 Apr 2025
I don't think there are any maple trees nearby although there could be some that i don't know about in people's gardens. I have a Liquidambar tree but as far as I can tell, while it looks similar, it is quite different. Looking at it again, this aphid does seem different to Periphyllus californiensis.
Aphididae (family)
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
30 Apr 2025
Body shape does not seem to fit with Periphllus californiensis - can you check whether you have any maples neear by and whether there are nymphs that look like those at https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Periphyllus_californiensis_Californian_maple_aphid.htm#:~:text=Periphyllus%20californiensis%20apterae%20(see%20first,head%2C%20pronotum%2C%20and%20siphunculi.
Aphididae (family)

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