Cacopsylla pyri
(pear sucker)

Pictures

Picture	Title	Caption	Copyright
Title Line drawing of body parts Caption C. pyri. 1. Forewing. 2. Head, dorsal view. 3. Paramere, inner face. 4. Distal portion of aedeagus. 5. Female genitalia, lateral view. Copyright D. Burckhardt	Line drawing of body parts	C. pyri. 1. Forewing. 2. Head, dorsal view. 3. Paramere, inner face. 4. Distal portion of aedeagus. 5. Female genitalia, lateral view.	D. Burckhardt

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Cacopsylla pyri (Linnaeus, 1758)

Preferred Common Name

• pear sucker

Other Scientific Names

• Apiopsylla Amyot, 1847
• Cacopsylla (Hepatopsylla) pyri (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cacopsylla pyrarboris (Sulc, 1910)
• Chermes pyri Linnaeus, 1758
• Psylla pyrarboris Sulc, 1910
• Psylla pyri (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Psylla simulans Haupt, 1935 nec Förster, 1848

International Common Names

• English: pear psylla; pear psyllid; psyllid, pear
• Spanish: psila de la pera; psilido del peral

Local Common Names

• Denmark: paerebladloppe, brunplettet
• Finland: päärynäkemppi
• France: psylle du poirier
• Germany: Birnblattsauger
• Netherlands: gevlekte perebladvlo
• Norway: päresuger, liten
• Sweden: päronbladloppa, mindre

EPPO code

• PSYLPI (Cacopsylla pyri)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Hemiptera
•                         Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
•                             Unknown: Psylloidea
•                                 Family: Psyllidae
•                                     Genus: Cacopsylla
•                                         Species: Cacopsylla pyri

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms/Signs

Natural enemies

References

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Baldassari N; Baronio P; Nemec V; Rejzek M; Wimmer Z, 1997. Control of Cacopsylla (Psylla) pyri (L.) (Stenorhyncha, Psyllidae) by juvenile hormone analogues. Journal of Applied Entomology, 121(6):343-351; 35 ref.

Berankova J; Kocourek F, 1994. The monitoring of the phenology and population dynamics of the pear psylla (Psylla pyri L.). Ochrana Rostlin, 30(4):283-292

Bouron H, 1987. Pear psyllids. Phytoma, 387:35

Burckhardt D; +nutar A, 1993. A review of Turkish jumping plant lice (Homoptera, Psylloidea). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 100(3):547-574

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CABI/EPPO, 2005. Cacopsylla pyri. Distribution Maps of Plant Pests, No. 671. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

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Geoffrion R, 1984. Pear psyllids - history, economic importance. Bulletin SROP, 7(5):13-15

Girantet T; Goebel O; Roubaud G; Vergnet C, 1997. La lutte contre les formes hivarnantes des ravageurs: intérOt d'une huile blanche en arboriculture fruitiFre. In: QuatriFme Conférence Internationale sur les Ravageurs en Agriculture, 6-8 janvier 1997, le Corum, Montpellier, France. Paris, France: ANPP, 2:275-282.

Hodkinson ID, 1984. The taxonomy, distribution and host-plant range of the pear feeding psyllids (Homoptera: Psylloidea). Bulletin SROP, 7(5):32-44

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Larguier M, 1991. Fenoxycarb in control of the pear psyllid: Psylla pyri L. (Homoptera: Psyllidae). Mededelingen van de Faculteit Landbouwwetenschappen, Rijksuniversiteit Gent, 56(3b):1203-1210

Lemoine J, 1984. Is Psylla pyri a vector of pear decline in France? Bulletin SROP, 7(5):245-251.

Lyoussoufi A; Rieux R; Armand E; Faivre d'Arcier F; Sauphanor B, 1994. Entomophagous fauna of pear psyllids (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in Europe. Bibliographic review: III. Parasitoids and hyperparasitoids. Bulletin OILB/SROP, 17(2):99-103

Lyoussoufi A; Rieux R; Armand E; Faivre d'Arcier F; Sauphanor B, 1994. The entomophagous fauna of pear psyllids (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in Europe. Bibliographic review: I. Arachnids, paraneopteran and polyneopteran insects. Bulletin OILB/SROP, 17(2):86-92

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Milevoj L; Kroselj M, 1995. Effects of some insecticides on pear psylla (Cacopsylla pyri L.) in laboratory conditions. Mededelingen - Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen, Universiteit Gent, 60(3b):1023-1026; 6 ref.

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Saour G; Ismail H; Hashem A, 2010. Impact of kaolin particle film, spirodiclofen acaricide, harpin protein, and an organic biostimulant on pear psylla Cacopsylla pyri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae). International Journal of Pest Management, 56(1):75-79. http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=100665

Schaub L; Bloesch B; Bencheikh M; Pigeaud A, Polesny F (ed. ), Muller W, Olszak RW, 1996. Spatial distribution of teflubenzuron resistance by pear psylla in western Switzerland. In: International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production, Cedzyna, Poland, 28 August-2 September 1995. Bulletin OILB SROP, 19(4):311-314.

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Distribution Maps