Diaphorina citri | |
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Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Liviidae |
Genus: | Diaphorina |
Species: | D. citri
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Binomial name | |
Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, 1908
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Diaphorina citri, the Asian citrus psyllid, is a sap-sucking, hemipteran bug now in the taxonomic family Psyllidae.[1] It is one of two confirmed vectors of citrus greening disease.[2][3] It has a wide distribution in southern Asia and has spread to other citrus growing regions.