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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Aphalaridae (Psylloidea) Sub Family   Description   a family of plant lice Background to Family   Plant lice that mainly overwinter either as nymphs or as adults on a shelter plant. They feed mainly on docks (Polygonaceae; Aphalara) and composites (Asteraceae; Craspedolepta). Other hosts include rosebay willowherb (Chamaerion angustifolium), ericaceous shrubs (Erica, Calluna) and deciduous broadleaved trees (Populus, Acer).     No. taxa in DBIF   17 No. interactions   52 % interactions with British data   73% No. records   57 % taxa with British data   70% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; Nymphs are host plant specific, but adults may occur on hosts that are unsuitable for oviposition and nymphal development. This is particularly the case in species which overwinter on 'shelter' plants The interactions for individual psyllid species on Bri; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1982 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Ossiannilsson, F.(1979) Ent. Tidskr. 100 83-84:83 Source   Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:28 Source   Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:26 Source   Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:22 Source   Lauterer, P.(1982) Cas. morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prin 67 133-162:135 Source   Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:24 Source   Hodkinson, I.D.(1981) Syst. entomol. 6 77-90:83 Source   Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:27 Source   Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:20 Source   Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:31 Source   Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:30