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David Hall, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
Asiatic citrus psyllid
Diaphorina citri

Asiatic citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) is an insect pest of citrus. It is a native of Asia and was first detected in Florida in 1998.

Extraction of sap and injection of salivary toxin when feeding produces malformed growth of leaves and shoots. This psyllid is a vector for Huanglongbing or Citrus Greening, a destructive disease of citrus.

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05/03/2018 - Researchers Move Toward Understanding Deadly Citrus Disease
04/27/2018 - Peru: HLB could threaten 58,000 hectares of citrus
03/29/2018 - Key to halting HLB could be in the pest that spreads it | Packer
03/01/2018 - Judge orders California agricultural officials to cease pestic...
02/08/2018 - Pheromone from insect that transmits citrus greening (HLB) ide...
01/23/2018 - NIFA Invests in Fighting Citrus Greening Disease
11/30/2017 - APHIS Expands the Citrus Greening Quarantined Area in California
10/19/2017 - Peru: Lime shortage will be mitigated by imports, but care mus...
10/19/2017 - Solano dodges Med fly bullet; targets other ag-pest invasions
10/05/2017 - APHIS Changes Protocol for Interstate Movement of Citrus from ...
09/29/2017 - Commercial citrus producers may need CUPS for better premium y...
08/09/2017 - HLB fight focuses on protecting commercial citrus
08/08/2017 - Disease-Infected Insect, that Kills Citrus Trees, Found in Ala...
08/07/2017 - Deadly Citrus Pest Puts Placer County Orchards At Risk
08/07/2017 - Piru meeting will address infestation of citrus-harming insect
08/03/2017 - Get your wasps and join the fight against citrus greening
08/03/2017 - HLB detected in northern Argentina
07/31/2017 - Placer, Sacramento counties quarantine stores to stop citrus pest
07/31/2017 - UF Researchers on the cusp of Citrus Greening Cure
07/28/2017 - Citrus greening spreads east in California
07/28/2017 - Pest responsible for destructive citrus disease found in lugga...
07/27/2017 - Killer citrus disease Huanglongbing found in grapefruit tree a...
07/20/2017 - APHIS Expands the Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantined Area in Ar...
07/17/2017 - Roseville Quarantined in Deadly Citrus Disease Battle - Rosevi...
07/13/2017 - Detection of Huanglongbing or Citrus Greening in Trinidad
06/14/2017 - NAPPO - Asian Citrus Psyllid – APHIS Expands the Quarantine...
05/17/2017 - APHIS Expands the Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantined Area in Ari...
09/15/2016 - Injecting citrus tree trunks with bactericide may help stem gr...
05/25/2016 - APHIS revises citrus greening, asian citrus psyllid domestic q...
01/29/2016 - California psyllid spray program begins
12/10/2015 - Florida Orange Crop In Free Fall
11/04/2015 - Decoy Mating Call Battles Citrus Pest - Scientific American
09/08/2015 - Eats, shoots, and leaves: The fight continues against the Asia...
08/31/2015 - CITRUS PSYLLID: Growing urgency to stop disease - Press Enterp...
08/18/2015 - Asian citrus psyllid found south of Porterville
08/10/2015 - Citrus greening spurs carrier flies into action
07/21/2015 - Officials on lookout for Asian Citrus Psyllid
07/20/2015 - Infected psyllids found in Southern California
05/11/2015 - Help protect California citrus from ACP
02/20/2015 - NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System
02/09/2015 - APHIS Revises Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid Domesti...
01/13/2015 - Recent CDFA Border Protection Station activities protect bird ...
12/08/2014 - APHIS Expands the Regulated Area for the Asian Citrus Psyllid ...
10/30/2014 - NAPPO - Asian Citrus Psyllid - Regulated Area expanded in San ...
09/15/2014 - Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing Disease Integrated Pest...
09/02/2014 - NAPPO - APHIS Expands Regulated Area for the Asian Citrus Psyl...
09/02/2014 - NAPPO - APHIS Expands the Citrus Greening Quarantined Area in ...
07/02/2014 - USDA Multi-Agency Citrus Greening Group Requests Suggestions f...
05/22/2014 - Citrus Greening - Quarantine Area Expanded in Texas
05/22/2014 - Diaphorina citri - Regulated Area Established in San Luis Obis...
05/06/2014 - USDA Announces Huanglongbing Multi-agency Coordination Groups ...
04/11/2014 - APHIS - Importation of Argentina Lemons into the US - Draft Pe...
02/13/2014 - Multi-Agency Response to Devastating Citrus Disease
01/21/2014 - APHIS Updates Conditions for Intrastate Movement of Citrus fro...
01/10/2014 - Asian citrus psyllid found in Ojai Valley
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