Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor 1985

4. Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor (Aphalaridae)

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Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor 1985.

Korea port interceptions. Intercepted three times at Korean ports of entry from Israel, Italy and Netherlands on cut flowers and branches of Eucalyptus plants.

Diagnosis. Adults: General body color yellowish green. Forewings elongate, rounded apically; cells dark in the fore of the posterior margin. Head bearing genal cones long projections, less than 0.7× length of vertex. Metacoxae without meracanthi (large spines); proximal (basal) segment of metatarsus with one black spine. Male genitalia distal and proximal segments of proctiger more or less in straight line anteriorly; paramere with 15–18 short black setae apically, 5–7 on anterior margin in distal half, and 2–6 on posterior margin in proximal half (Taylor 1985).

Hosts. Myrtaceae: Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., Eucalyptus deglupta Blume, Eucalyptus forrestiana Diels, Eucalyptus globulus Labill., Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC., Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill, Eucalyptus lehmannii (Schauer) Benth., Eucalyptus microneura Maiden and Blakely, Eucalyptus microtheca F.Muell., Eucalyptus nicholii Maiden and Blakely, Eucalyptus oleosa F.Muell. ex Miq., Eucalyptus platypus Hook., Eucalyptus polyanthemos Schauer, Eucalyptus rudis Endl., Eucalyptus saligna Sm., Eucalyptus sideroxylon A.Cunn. ex Woolls, Eucalyptus sp., Eucalyptus spathulata Hook., Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm., Eucalyptus urophylla S.T. Blake (Ouvrard 2020).

Distribution. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, China, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Spain, Turkey, USA (Ouvrard 2020).

DNA barcoding data for diagnosis. 1 acttgttcct attataattg gagctcctga tatatctttt cctcgtttaa ataatttaag / 61 attctgatta ttaattccat ctttatattt acttattata agaagtctaa ttgatcaagg / 121 agtaggtact ggatgaacag tttaccctcc tttatctaat agagtatttc atagaggata / 181 ctctgtagat gtagctattt tttctcttca tttagcaggt atttcttcta ttttaggtgc / 241 aattaatttt attactacaa ttattaatat acgatcttct ttatatccta tagaaaaaat / 301 acctttattt gtttgatctg tttttattac tgctttttta ttattatttt ctttaccagt / 361 tttagctgga gctatcacaa tattacttac tgatcgaaat cttaatacat cattttttga / 421 tccagttggg ggaggagacc caattcttta tcaacattta ttt (463 bp).