Eugenia Psyllid – Trioza eugeniae

Eugenia Psyllid (Trioza eugeniae)

Latin Name: (Trioza eugeniae)

Common Name: Eugenia Psyllid or (Lillypilly, Psyllid)

Appearance:

• Trioza eugeniae, also known as the Syzygium leaf psyllid, lillypilly psyllid, or eugenia psyllid, is a sap-sucking hemipteran insect that causes galls on Syzygium paniculatum leaves. The nymphs cause pit galls in the leaves, which impede the development of the plant.
• Trioza eugeniae (Eugenia Psyllid) is a plant lice species that belongs to the jumping plant lice family. Syzygium species are beautiful plants that are seldom harmed as long as they are healthy.
• Because certain places are more vulnerable to assault, you may need to choose your Syzygium species more carefully.

Territory:

This species is native to Australia and has been introduced into California

Damage insect caused by Eugenia Psyllid: 

Eugenia Psyllids are sap-sucking insects that curl and bubble Eugenia and Syzygium species (Lillipillies). The harm is mostly cosmetic. On the other hand, severe infestations can pose big issues, but they normally happen when the plant is already stressed, which is usually due to a lack of water. Other trees and hedges, such as pittosporum, are also affected by similar pysllids (Trizoa spp.).

Description about Leafminers:

Leafminer adults are tiny flies with yellow sections on their thorax, legs, and abdomen. They are 0.1 inches (2.5 mm) long, black to blue, and have yellow portions on their thorax, legs, and abdomen. There is generally a visible yellow patch at the base of the wings. The tiny white eggs are hidden behind the leaf’s epidermis and develop in 4 to 6 days. Pupation takes happen underground or in mines. During the summer, the life cycle takes around 23 days. Every year, three to five generations pass. Leafminers infrequently afflict beans. The majority of the time, their quality deteriorates after the harvesting season. Large whitish blotches or, in the case of serpentine leafminers, thin, white, winding paths into the leaf’s core occur from the larvae eating between the upper and lower leaf surfaces.

Life History and Habits:

Syzygium species are attractive plants seldom harmed as long as they are kept healthy. Because certain places are more vulnerable to assault, you may need to choose your Syzygium species more carefully. Eugenia psyllid females in Ventura, California, reproduced all year and deposited an average of 119 eggs per female. When an effective insecticide was administered at pruning, the length and quantity of shoots afterward increased.