Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)


This category covers the Sternorrhyncha, one of the four suborders of the large order Hemiptera (bugs). It contains the Aphids (Aphidoidea) with 3 families and 169 species in Australia, most of which are introduced; the Jumping plant lice or Psyllids or Lerp insects (Psylloidea), very diverse with 6 families and over 400 species; and the Whiteflies (Aleyrodidae) with 119 species. The scale insects (Coccoidea), with 21 families and 854 species, are also classified here, but currently have their own category in NatureMapr.

The majority of Australian Psylloidea species - about 350 - are now classified in the families Aphalaridae and Triozidae.

References

Hollis, David 2004. Australian Psylloidea: jumping plantlice and lerp insects. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra

 

https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniahemiptera/sternorrhyncha/psyllidae-lerps-jumping-plant-lice


Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)

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Yesterday
unsure what fly/wasp is

Glycaspis sp. (genus)
21 Oct 2025
Possibly the cow-pea aphid Aphis craccivora

Aphididae (family)
20 Oct 2025
Possibly Glycaspis brimblecombei

Aphalaridae (family)
17 Oct 2025
A plant sucker rather than a human biter

Psyllidae sp. (family)
2 Aug 2025
Thanks Katrina

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