nigrivirga Burckhardt, 1987

Type locality: Argentina.

Additional distribution: Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay. Introduced in Europe, USA, California

Host plant: Tipuana tipu .

Remarks: First detected in southern California in October 2008 (Rung et al. 2009), this psyllid is a pest of the ornamental legume, Tipu, or rosewood tree; common name: Tipu psyllid.

Predators: Brazilian populations are partly controlled by coccinellid beetles ( Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).