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. 2024 Jan 26;19(1):e0297062. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297062

Table 2. Summary of the distribution, host plants and molecular data for the non-native psyllid taxa of the central Macaronesian islands.

Species Archipelago CA island Recorded host plants in Macaronesia Host plant
family
Molecular data
Family: Aphalaridae
Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell, 1890) CA, MA T Eucalyptus globulus, Eucalyptus sp. Myrtaceae cox1, cytb
Ctenarytaina spatulata Taylor, 1997 MA Eucalyptus globulus Myrtaceae mtg
Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore, 1964 CA T,C Eucalyptus sp. Myrtaceae cox1, cytb
Family Carsidaridae
Macrohomotoma gladiata Kuwayama, 1908 CA T,L Ficus microcarpa Moraceae cox1, cytb, mtg
Family: Psyllidae
Acizzia acaciaebaileyanae (Froggatt, 1901) CA P No information No information
Acizzia uncatoides (Ferris & Klyver, 1932) CA, MA H,P,G,T,F,L
Acacia baileyana, A. cyclops, A. longifolia, A. mearnsii, Paraserianthes lophantha Fabaceae
cox1, cytb, mtg
Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama, 1908) MA Elaeagnus pungens Elaeagnaceae
Cacopsylla pyri (Linnaeus, 1758) MA Pyrus communis Rosaceae mtg
Heteropsylla cubana Crawford, 1914 CA G,T Leucaena leucocephala Fabaceae cox1, cytb, mtg
Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt, 1987 CA, MA T Tipuana tipu Fabaceae cox1, cytb
Family Triozidae
Bactericera tremblayi (Wagner, 1961) CA T Allium cepa, Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum Liliaceae cox1, cytb
Bactericera trigonica Hodkinson, 1981 CA T,C Daucus carota Apiaceae cox1, mtg
Heterotrioza chenopodii (Reuter, 1876) CA, MA H,P,G,T,C,F,L Chenopodium album, C. murale, Chenopodium spp. Amaranthaceae cox1, cytb, mtg
Trioza erytreae (Del Guercio, 1918) CA, MA H,P,G,T,C Citrus spp. Rutaceae cox1, cytb, mtg
Trioza urticae (Linnaeus, 1758) MA Urtica sp. Urticeae mtg

Abbreviations: CA: Canary Islands, MA: Madeira; H: El Hierro, P: La Palma, G: La Gomera, T: Tenerife, C: Gran Canaria, F: Fuerteventura, L: Lanzarote. Molecular data: cox1: cytochrome oxidase 1, cytb: cytochrome B, mtg: obtained from Percy et al. [52]. Host plant records in Macaronesia (all records from Canary Islands) are given if known.