Cacopsylla melanoneura

Cacopsylla melanoneura
	male
	female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Psylloidea
Family:	Psyllidae
Genus:	Cacopsylla
Species:	C. melanoneura
Binomial name
	Cacopsylla melanoneura; Foerster, 1848

Cacopsylla melanoneura is an insect of the Psyllidae family. It mainly feeds on Hawthorn.[1] The insect will also feed on apple trees and is considered the main vector of the phytoplasma disease "Ca. Phytoplasma mali" (Apple Proliferation) in northwestern Italy.[2]

References

Ossiannilsson, F. (1992). "The Psylloidea (Homoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark". Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. E.J. Brill. 26.
Tedeschi, R.; Visentin, C.; Alma, A.; Bosco, D. (2003). "Epidemiology of apple proliferation (AP) in northwestern Italy: evaluation of the frequency of AP-positive psyllids in naturally infected populations of Cacopsylla melanoneura (Homoptera Psyllidae)". Annals of Applied Biology. 142 (285–290): 285–290. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00252.x.

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[1] Ossiannilsson, F. (1992). "The Psylloidea (Homoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark". Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. E.J. Brill. 26.

[2] Tedeschi, R.; Visentin, C.; Alma, A.; Bosco, D. (2003). "Epidemiology of apple proliferation (AP) in northwestern Italy: evaluation of the frequency of AP-positive psyllids in naturally infected populations of Cacopsylla melanoneura (Homoptera Psyllidae)". Annals of Applied Biology. 142 (285–290): 285–290. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00252.x.