Species Information
Length 2.5 mm. Also called Boxwood Psyllid, it is a sexually dimorphic green psyllid with an orange abdomen tip, pinkish edges on the post-pronotum, and a dark collar.
Most active April to early June, sucking the sap from the young shoot tips of Box (Buxus sempervirens).
Widespread in Great Britain, and locally common. Its distribution is largely dictated by the host plant.
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Insecta (Insects)
Hemiptera (True Bugs)
Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Psyllidae (Jumping Plant Lice)
Psylla
Psylla buxi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Photographs
Species discovered on Box (Buxus sempervirens).
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