Trioza urticae ( Linné, 1758 )

Duarte, Beatriz Zarcos, Burckhardt, Daniel, Ouvrard, David, Queiroz, Dalva L., Valkenburg, Thijs & Neto, Luís, 2025, The Psylloidea (Hemiptera) of Portugal (mainland, Azores and Madeira): checklist and new distributional and host records, Zootaxa 5642 (4), pp. 343-385 : 367

Trioza urticae ( Linné, 1758)

Material examined. Faro: 1♂, Tavira , 37°09'49.8"N 7°32'13.2"W, 24.iii.2021, Myoporum acuminatum (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted) ; 1♀, Tavira, Buraco , 37°09'49.8"N 7°32'13.2"W, 24.iii.2021, Rosa sp. (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted) ; 1♀, Tavira, Buraco , 37°09'49.8"N 7°32'13.2"W, 24.iii.2021, Morus nigra (leg. B. Duarte) ( BDC, dry mounted) ; 1♂, 1♀, Várzea de Aljezur , 37°18'19.8"N 8°47'52.1"W, 9–12.ix.2024, Urtica dioica (leg. D. Burckhardt & D.L. Queiroz) ( NHMB, 70% ethanol) .

Distribution Portugal. Madeira: Madeira Island ( Tavares 1903a, 1905b; Loginova 1976). Mainland: Aveiro (iNaturalist, Appendix 1); Castelo Branco ( Tavares 1907); Coimbra (iNaturalist, Appendix 1); Faro (this study); Guarda, Porto (iNaturalist, Appendix 1).

Host plants Portugal. Urticaceae : Urtica dioica L. ( Tavares 1907), U. membranacea Poir. ex Savigny ( Tavares 1903a, 1905b).

Comments. Both host plant species are widely distributed on the Portuguese mainland (Flora-On 2024), suggesting that this psyllid is widely distributed also.