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Family	Psyllidae (Psylloidea)
Sub Family
Description	a family of plant lice
Background to Family	The dominant family of the Psylloidea. All psyllids have five nymphal instars, mostly in an annual life cycle. Adult males and females are winged. Life histories vary according to the overwintering stage, either as an egg, nymph, or adult on the host plant, or as an adult on a 'shelter' plant (usually a woody evergreen). The hosts of the Psyllidae are mainly broadleaved trees and shrubs (especially Salix), including many leguminous species (Fabaceae). There are numerous pests- of which several are exotic species- on ornamental shrubs and trees, as well as on fruit trees outside Great Britain (Malus, Pyrus). As in other piercing bugs, psyllids may injure plants through direct feeding damage or the transmission of diseases.

No. taxa in DBIF	40
No. interactions	114
% interactions with British data	74%
No. records	135
% taxa with British data	90%
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	1986

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	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:55
Source	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:56
Source	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:10
Source	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:61
Source	Hollis, D.(1978) Pl. Path. 3 149-149:149
Source	Lauterer, P.(1982) Cas. morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prin 67 133-162:140
Source	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:57
Source	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:35
Source	Lauterer, P.(1982) Cas. morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prin 67 133-162:138
Source	Crowson, R.A. (1977-08-03) Papillionaceae: :1
Source	Dreyer, W.(1984) Z. Angew. ent. 97 286-298:288
Source	Short, M.(1976) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. :96 1-6:3
Source	Quamme, H.A.(1984) Fruit Var. J. 38:2 34-36:35
Source	Omole, M.M.(1978) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 114 244-244:244
Source	Hodkinson, I.D.(1984) Bull. SROP 32-44:41
Source	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:33
Source	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:88
Source	Reiter, W.(1986) Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck 73 169-186:0183
Source	Richens, R.H. (1983) Elm :64
Source	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:40
Source	Burckhardt, D. & Hodkinson, I.D.(1986) Bull. Ent. Res. 76:1 119-132:127
Source	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:58
Source	Short, M.(1976) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. :96 1-6:1
Source	Lauterer, P.(1982) Cas. morav. Mus. Brne, Vedy Prin 67 133-162:139
Source	Sutton, R.D.(1984) J. anim. Ecol. 53:1 37-50:37
Source	Hodkinson, I.D. & White, I.M.(1979) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects II:5A 1-98:39
Source	Burckhardt, D. & Hodkinson, I.D.(1986) Bull. Ent. Res. 76:1 119-132:123
Source	Cross, J.V.(1983) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. 2368 1-36:20

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