TY - JOUR AU - Tasi, Alexander AU - Halbert, Susan AU - Morawo, Tolulope PY - 2021/09/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Fig Psyllid Homotoma ficus (L.) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Homotomidae); Curtain Fig Psyllid Macrohomotoma gladiata Kuwayama (Insecta: Hemiptera: Homotomidae); and Ficus Leaf-Rolling Psyllid Trioza brevigenae Mathur (Insecta: Hemiptera: Triozidae): EENY-773/IN1329, 5/2021 JF - EDIS JA - EDIS VL - 2021 IS - 5 SE - Featured Creatures Collection DO - 10.32473/edis-in1329-2021 UR - https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/126282 SP - AB - <p>This article details three adventive (to North America) psyllid species that feed on ficus. <em>Homotoma ficus</em> (the fig psylla) was noticed first in 1969, and <em>Macrohomotoma gladiata</em> (the curtain fig psyllid) and <em>Trioza brevigenae</em> (the ficus leaf rolling psyllid) were found to be present in 2015 and 2016, respectively. All three three species are currently found only in California, but could possibly spread to other states including Florida in the future.&nbsp;</p> ER -