Diaphorina | |
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Asian citrus psyllid, D. citri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Superfamily: | Psylloidea |
Family: | Liviidae |
Subfamily: | Euphyllurinae |
Genus: |
Diaphorina Löw, 1880 |
Diaphorina is an Old World genus of sap-sucking hemipteran bugs in the family, Liviidae. It includes an important pest of citrus: the Asian citrus psyllid, D. citri. The genus contains some 68 to 74 species.