| Diaphorina citri | |
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| Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
- ^ Burckhardt, Daniel; Ouvrard, David; Percy, Diana M. (2021-03-05). "An updated classification of the jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) integrating molecular and morphological evidence". European Journal of Taxonomy (736): 137–182. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.736.1257. ISSN 2118-9773.
- ^ "Asian citrus psyllid - Diaphorina citri Kuwayama". entnemdept.ufl.edu. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ Lallemand, J., A. Fos, and J. M. Bové. 1986. Transmission de la bacterie associé à la forme africaine de la maladie du "greening" par le psylle asiatique Diaphorina citri Kuwayama. Fruits 41: 341-343.