Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula
North American insect species
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Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula, commonly called the hackberry blistergall psyllid, is a species of aphalarid psyllid found in North America. The nymphs of this species induce blister-like galls on the leaves of various hackberries (Celtis spp.) throughout its range.[1]
| Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Carsidaridae |
| Genus: | Pachypsylla |
| Species: | P. celtidisvesicula |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula (Riley, 1890) | |
It closely related to the more common hackberry nipplegall psyllid (Pachypsylla celtidismamma), which it strongly resembles as an adult.[1]