Triozidae

Triozidae
Trioza adventicia, showing the trifurcation in wing veins
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Psylloidea
Family:	Triozidae Löw, 1879[1]
Synonyms
Rhinopsyllidae

Triozidae is one of seven families, collectively referred to as plant lice, based on the type genus Trioza. They had traditionally been considered part of a single family, Psyllidae, but recent classifications divide the superfamily into a total of seven families; most of the genera remain in the Psyllidae, but Triozidae is the third-largest family in the group.

The family contains a number of agricultural pest species including:

• Baeoalitriozus diospyri, the persimmon psyllid
• Bactericera cockerelli, the potato psyllid
• Lauritrioza alacris, infesting bay trees and their relatives
• Trioza erytreae, the African citrus psyllid